Author: Braxton Taylor
When you’re chasing birds, a solid rig isn’t just a nice to have—it’s the difference between a smooth hunt and a total cluster. Now that waterfowl seasons have wrapped up, it’s the perfect time to take stock of whether your rig was up to the challenge, and maybe consider making a switch.We’ve found that the Can-Am Defender Max Limited is a mud-slinging, decoy-hauling, bird-fetching machine that keeps the crew moving no matter what Mother Nature throws at us. Whether it’s slogging through a flooded field at zero dark thirty, cutting trail after a heavy snow fall, or hauling a trailer full of…
Beretta USA is expanding the lineup of 1301 Tactical shotguns with the introduction of the 1301 Tactical C models, now available in both five- and seven-round configurations. While these models maintain the same industry-leading performance and reliability as previous versions, the “C” designation simply reflects a naming update, with no changes to the shotgun itself—aside from the addition of the five-round configuration designed for compliance in states with capacity restrictions. Beretta USA is offering two configurations of the Beretta 1301 Tactical C. The 1301 Tactical C 5+1 is a reliable option designed for compliance in states with reduced capacity regulations,…
Recently, I was remembering an old lawman that I used to know who spent years keeping the peace down on the border. He carried a Colt single-action revolver in .38/40, loaded with five cartridges and the hammer down on the empty cylinder for safety. When I asked him about having only five cartridges in a handgun that was slow to reload, he said that if you put five 180-grain slugs where they needed to go, you could reload at your leisure. He also pointed out that he had the mate to this Colt and would also stuff it in his…
If I had a dollar for every time someone told me they’d “start saving for retirement later” or “we will get to it after …,” then I’d have, well, a much bigger retirement fund. The thing about retirement planning is that “later” has a sneaky way of turning into “too late.” But here’s the good news: No matter where you are on your financial journey, now is always a good time to start.The key to a successful retirement isn’t just saving; it’s setting up guaranteed lifetime income so that your essential expenses are covered, no matter how long you live.…
Change is in the air for a lot of veterans and military families. Nearly 900,000 federal employee veterans and their spouses are in the crosshairs of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), being scrutinized by the media or being talked about at the highest levels of government. Thousands have already felt the sting of the widespread cuts. Unexpected changes — or even just the looming specter of them — can breed a lot of uncertainty and anxiety.Blayne Smith and Brandon Young are two Army veterans who spent years working with veterans through Team Red. White and Blue, a nonprofit that…
Editor’s note: This article contains references to sexual assault.Lawyers for a former recruit are appealing the Marine Corps’ decision to deny her legal claim alleging that the service failed to keep her safe from a gunnery sergeant who was sentenced to a year in prison via court-martial last year for abusing his authority as a recruiter against her.Now-Pvt. Christopher Champagne, 37, self-published a “memoir” detailing his inappropriate sexual behavior with a 17-year-old recruit applicant in 2023 while he worked as a Marine Corps recruiter in Texas, resulting in an investigation and his sentencing last fall, which included a dishonorable discharge,…
The Trump administration is ending a Department of Veterans Affairs program started by the Biden administration intended to help keep veterans struggling to pay their mortgages in their homes.The VA will stop accepting new participants for what’s called the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase program, or VASP, starting May 1, the department confirmed Friday.”This change is necessary because VA is not set up or intended to be a mortgage loan restructuring service,” VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz said in a statement that added the VASP program was “unilaterally created by the Biden administration and lacks congressional authority.”Read Next: Marine Corps Denies…
The labor market flexed its enduring strength in the latest jobs report Friday as the economy added 228,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans dropped from 4.3% to 3.1% despite stock market cratering and federal workforce cutbacks.President Donald Trump quickly seized on the positives in the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the 228,000 hirings in March blew past Wall Street predictions of job growth in the range of 130,000 to 140,000. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said, “Great job, numbers are better than expected. It’s already working. Hang tough. We…
The Air Force says it’s again allowing airmen and civilian employees to put their preferred personal pronouns in their email signatures and correspondence, backtracking on a Trump administration restriction after recognizing that a law exists protecting the practice.The Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, announced Thursday it was scrapping the prohibition on pronouns as part of updated guidance on one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders — titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” — that aimed to deny legal recognition of nonbinary and transgender people.The news release…
The Navy has relieved the commanding officer of its Colorado-based Information Operations Command, according to a statement released Thursday.Cmdr. Christopher Johnson was relieved from leadership of NIOC, a subordinate command of Naval Information Operations Command Pacific headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, by Capt. Chelsey Zwicker, the commodore of the Hawaii headquarters.Johnson is the third commander of a Navy information warfare command to be removed by the service in the last six months, though the previous two commanders ran schoolhouses while this was an operational command.Read Next: Family Lives in Fear After Marine Corps Denies Legal Claim over Abuse by…