Hunting rifles of the last century often earned praise for their utility across multiple hunting seasons or big game pursuits. The same rifle a hunter might use in sheep country would have served him just as well in the big woods back East. Would it have been perfect for either…

President Donald Trump’s order to dramatically minimize military exercises in Asia with a longtime ally has drawn mixed reactions from the political and military communities. Trump, in a Truth Social post on Sunday, directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, hours before the…

The nation’s two biggest suppressor dealers allowed customers to walk into their stores yesterday, purchase suppressors, and walk out with them. No fingerprints. No $200 tax. No wait time. They bought gun mufflers like they would firearms, passed instant background checks, and left.And they didn’t do it in secret. They…

A Marine Corps Veteran living in Arizona was prepared to give up his three elderly dogs that had been with his family for over 10 years after he was left homeless and unable to transition them to a new place. An employee at Maricopa County Animal Care and Control helped…

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Published Aug 17, 2026, 7:16 AM EDT President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the ally declined to help with the war against Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Read the full article here

00:00:09 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan cal Callahan, presented by First Light. Here’s cal. If you’re going to criticize the conservation community for something, it might be nimbiism. We hunters and anglers can be quick to say…

A veteran takes a lump-sum payment on the way out of the military and files for disability years later. They then move on with life. Eventually, a letter arrives from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The monthly disability check, it says, will not be coming. Not reduced, mind you. Withheld…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to ONEX Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, and on today’s episode, y’all are going…

Tatyana Jordan breathed a sigh of relief, maybe her biggest, as she learned the outcome of a months-long internal Army investigation. Military.com was the first to report how Jordan, 30, of Columbia, S.C., alleged that her superior made derogatory and racist remarks toward her in 2025 as she worked at…

Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness returned to Paramount+ for a third season Aug. 2 with Zoe Saldaña’s CIA officer Joe McNamara leading another covert mission. The Paramount series is based on a real U.S. military program, although its fictional operatives bear little resemblance to the women who carried the Lioness name in…

Americans have built an enormous nonprofit infrastructure around the men and women who served in the military. There are organizations helping veterans find jobs, navigate benefits, improve their physical and mental health, reconnect with their communities, pursue education, overcome homelessness and make the transition from military to civilian life. More…