Watch full video on YouTube
Twenty-five years after HBO’s Band of Brothers introduced millions of viewers to the paratroopers of Easy Company, the National WWII Museum is giving fans a considerably more physical way to follow in their footsteps. Beginning Oct. 1, the New Orleans museum and the Crescent City Classic launched the “WWII Challenge:…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered military service academies to stop granting tenure to civilian professors, arguing that academic job protections undermine their war-fighting mission. The Pentagon declined to explain to Military.com who the policy affects, the evidence behind it, how the academies will recruit and retain qualified professors, and…
You probably have some words of wisdom from whoever taught you how to hunt, and I’m willing to bet it still sticks with you in some way. My grandfather loved to still-hunt with a rifle. When I first started learning how to do the same, he told me if I…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s new class of jet-powered drones rip across the night sky in Kyiv at hundreds of kilometers per hour, leaving Ukrainian air-defense units only moments to intercept them. It’s rarely enough time. With many of the drones getting through to the capital, defense manufacturers are scrambling…
Watch full video on YouTube
Per diem is a daily payment to reimburse service members for the out-of-pocket costs of food, lodging and incidental expenses that occur while on military business or temporary duty (TDY) away from their home station. Per diem sets the limit on how much a service member can be reimbursed for…
Watch full video on YouTube
Your old man may have killed deer with a .30-06 or .30-30 Winchester, but you’re charting a new course. Whether you’re choosing a trail cam, a pair of bibs, or a rifle cartridge, you’re looking for the latest and greatest that will give you an edge in the field.If that…
A North Carolina man is claimed to have financially exploited a 69-year-old disabled veteran, amounting to hundreds of thousands of stolen funds. Richard Allen Gilbert is alleged to have defrauded the veteran out of some $120,000 after the pair met via Facebook Dating, a virtual matchmaking service, and developed a…
Most deer hunters dream of having their own, or at least joining, a good hunting camp. It’s where formative hunting memories are made, and logistically they just make things more convenient. I’ve been to hunting camps with multiple bunk rooms, flat screens, and fully furnished kitchens. Another had nothing more…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a wide-ranging “State of the Force” address Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, announcing six major initiatives and a series of directives reshaping the U.S. military. Hegseth delivered this year’s speech to about 600 rank-and-file troops, a shift from the roughly 800 generals…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: What is going on? This is Jake Hofer and welcome to another episode of Back 40. This is our last batch with Adam Keith, Aaron Warburton, Bill Wienke, and Jeff Sturgis. We’re going to be bringing in a new panel October 15th, and they’re going to be…
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy have awarded Boeing a $20 billion contract to develop F/A-XX Strike Fighter jets. The F/A-XX is the US Navy’s next-generation, carrier-based sixth-generation stealth fighter jet. They are being developed to replace aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornets by the 2030s, and will operate alongside…
00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show, folks. We’ve got a great show for you today. We’ve got one of the strangest bad public land ideas in recent memory. We’ve got a big old fat, fat buck that one of you listeners killed in Minnesota. We’ve got a story…
Excitement and angst are growing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and its surrounding community in Anchorage, Alaska, over plans for a multibillion-dollar expansion of the military installation. The proposed project is expected to boost the local Anchorage economy. However, several lawmakers, military staff and community members are concerned that the expansion…
The grenade bounced off John Allen’s shoulder and exploded nearby during a firefight in Afghanistan. Allen, a Navy SEAL, was badly wounded. He survived the 2014 blast and was medically retired from the SEAL teams in 2017. Now, his audience knows him as MrBallen. He entertains millions with stories that…
At first glance, the Avrocar looked like a prop from a 1950s science fiction movie. It was round, low to the ground and built for two people sitting on opposite sides of its center. But the VZ-9AV was a real aircraft project, backed by the U.S. Army and Air Force…
Editor's Picks
Operation Enduring Freedom began Oct. 7, 2001, when U.S. and British forces launched airstrikes against…