Author: Braxton Taylor
Trio of executive orders seek to improve defense acquisition, exports, and shipbuilding. On Wednesday, President Trump released a flurry of ten EOs and memos, including one to modify his market-tanking tariff scheme and another about showerheads. Three defense-related orders focus on: Acquisition: Aims to “reform our antiquated defense acquisition processes with an emphasis on speed, flexibility, and execution” and to “modernize the duties and composition of the defense acquisition workforce” and encourage them to take risks. An accompanying statement says all major defense acquisitions programs will be reviewed under the new order, and those “more than 15% behind schedule or…
Springfield Armory is releasing the new Saint Victor Pistol in 5.56 NATO, the newest addition to the Victor line of AR-pattern firearms. This Saint Victor Pistol is a 5.56 NATO large-format pistol with an 11.5-inch CMV barrel topped off with a birdcage-style flash suppressor, a full-length top Picatinny rail and a nickel-boron-coated flat trigger. Underneath the freefloat handguard is a carbine-length, direct-gas-impingement system, and the handguard features M-Lok slots for accessories. An M-Lok handstop is included on the lower forward section of the handguard, and there is a QD mount on the receiver end plate. At the rear, there is…
ValeriiUkraine’s tactical drones are “inflicting roughly two-thirds of Russian losses,” making them “twice as effective as every other weapon in the Ukrainian arsenal,” says a recent study by the Royal United Services Institute. This is a remarkable development for weapons considered relatively unimportant just three years ago—but it exemplifies how Ukraine is changing how the West will fight its wars.At the risk of oversimplification, wars have always been about managing information, people, and equipment. Stone-age warriors, Napoleon, Patton, and Schwarzkopf all faced these tasks, though certainly on a vastly different scale. Napoleon introduced new ways to control unprecedented quantities of…
The SIG Sauer P365 upset the world of micro-compact pistols when it was first introduced. While it was the same size as similar guns, it has a magazine capacity that started at ten rounds, more than any other gun on the market at that time. The internal stasis-based trigger system gives it the ability to change not just the backstrap for a better grip but the entire grip itself, allowing for almost infinite customization. The P365 continues to be a popular defensive choice, due in no small part the wide range of accessories and upgrades available for this pistol. Let’s…
Everyday, hunters and sportsmen look at moving to the country and building a sustainable simple life. Dirk talks with long time friend Mark Bonnalie, aka “Modern Rural Civilian,” about his origin story and the inspiration to sell everything and move to rural acreage and begin building their homestead. Read the full article here
This week on the show we’re discussing the most impactful piece of legislation impacting private lands conservation and what the future looks like for the Farm Bill. If you care about quality wildlife habitat on private lands, you’ll want to give this one a listen – whether you own land or not. Read the full article here
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is poised to assume temporary leadership of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a rare dual appointment that places the 38-year-old at the helm of two high-stakes federal institutions, according to five defense officials familiar with the matter.The move comes at a pivotal moment for both agencies. The ATF continues to draw partisan scrutiny over firearms regulation, while the Army is undergoing a strategic transformation to counter China’s growing military influence in the Pacific.Driscoll is in Europe this week visiting soldiers and meeting with key Army leaders in the region. Both the head of…
Airmen and Space Force Guardians have had their scheduled family days for 2025 canceled after officials said the extra days off to spend time with loved ones did not align with the administration’s warfighting priorities.The April 7 memo, confirmed as authentic by the Air Force, rescinds the family days — extra leave granted around federal holidays that can be used for four-day weekends — for troops in both services after the Air Force said it could not legally grant the leave to civilian employees two months ago.”Providing blanket designations of pass days, often called family days, to align with all…
One might think that betraying both the world’s most notorious terrorism group and the West’s most well-funded intelligence agency would be a shortcut to an early grave. The man who did it, however, is still alive. He gave the FBI its first look at the group that came to be called al-Qaida, all while giving special operations training to the mujahideen. Ali Mohamed may not have been the most famous terrorist in history, but he was certainly one of the most consequential.Born into a devout Muslim Egyptian military family in 1952, Mohamed grew up close to Egypt’s border with Israel.…
The Veterans Benefits Administration — the arm of the Department of Veterans Affairs that adjudicates disability compensation claims — has processed more than 1 million filings this year and is on track to complete 2.5 million total by year’s end, which is roughly a half-million more than it processed in 2024, according to officials.The department announced in late February it had reached the 1 million claims mark two weeks earlier than in 2024 despite receiving a 16% increase in applications last year.During a House Veterans Affairs subcommittee hearing Wednesday, VA officials said claims processors are running “8.5% ahead of this…