Author: Braxton Taylor

Military families struggling with food insecurity could be among the potentially millions of people who lose food assistance under sweeping cuts to the benefits being advanced by House Republicans, advocates are warning.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as Republicans are now calling their wide-ranging legislation to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda, would cut federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. States would be tasked with making up the difference in funding, but states with budget constraints could need to make drastic cuts to the program that leave millions without benefits.Republicans maintain the changes are necessary to put…

If you’ve ever been to a casino, you know there are different types of gamblers.There are the slot machine players who load nickels, quarters and other denominations of currency into a box, pull the lever and wait for the random results.Other players are drawn to the tables where card games challenge their strategy, commitment and focus. They have to know when to hold, when to “hit,” and when to walk away. These players use more intellectual prowess and strategic thinking to ensure a positive outcome on their “hand.”The metaphor can be extended to job seekers. Do you have one standard…

Thousands of soldiers coming to Washington, D.C., next month will be housed in government buildings in the city as part of an unusual military parade, an idea originally floated by President Donald Trump during his first term in office.The June 14 military parade, which coincides with Trump’s 79th birthday, will include about 6,600 soldiers as well as tanks, armored personnel carriers and aircraft on top of other festivities throughout the week in celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday, according to the service. Roughly 150 vehicles, including Strykers, M1 Abrams tanks and Humvees, along with 50 aircraft, will take part.The soldiers…

A federal judge this week dismissed about 100 cases of individuals charged with trespassing on a newly created New Mexico military zone along the U.S. southern border, delivering the latest legal blow to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.New military zones in that state and Texas are part of the administration’s effort to reduce border crossings by snaring migrants with new criminal charges. But Judge Gregory Wormuth, who threw out the cases, ruled that the federal government did not do enough to establish probable cause that migrants entering the country willfully trespassed onto the military property.”Having concluded its probable cause review…

By no means do you need to have a background in competitive swimming to become a member of special ops units like SEAL, SWCC, Recon, Pararescue, EOD/Diver and other rescue swimming and diving jobs that require water training. But being a competitive and competent recruit for jobs that require swimming demands a streamlined body position, power and speed.For land athletes new to the water, passing and exceeding the standards for swimming require a combination of technique, cardio endurance in the pool, and pace.Five hundred meters or 500 yards are the most common distances in the military swimming distance test. It…

When was the last time you stood up and applauded a movie? That’s the question the trailer for the vigilante film “Walking Tall” asked American audiences in 1973. The movie was a smash hit for Cinerama and made its lead actor, Joe Don Baker, an equally instant hit.Baker had been a mainstay supporting actor in film and television westerns, like “Bonanza” and “Guns of the Magnificent Seven.” After “Walking Tall,” he would star alongside the likes of Robert Redford, Robert Duvall and, much later in his more than 40-year onscreen career, Matthew McConaughey.Baker, a former Texas football player who served…

Despite the Trump administration’s jarring shifts in foreign and trade policy, some international companies are laying plans to expand their defense business in the United States, executives said in interviews.Saab increased its American manufacturing footprint this past year, adding facilities in Rhode Island to build uncrewed underwater vehicles and munitions in Michigan. The company also has a presence in Indiana for the fuselage for the Boeing-Saab T-7 jet and deep tech research.“You have a European company investing a lot in America…and we’re looking to potentially invest more,” Michael Brasseur, Saab’s vice president and chief strategy officer for its U.S. business,…

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Hornady Manufacturing is known for making a wide variety of firearm-related products, and has increased its offerings in shooting-related accessories and gun safes. The Nebraska-based company recently unveiled the new Hornady Dehumidifier Rod HD, which was created to offer nearly double the anti-humidity protection of traditional electric dehumidifying rods. The new Hornady Dehumidifier Rod HD plugs into a standard 110-volt AC household GFCI outlet and employs a series of tiny heat-dispersing fins that maximize heat transfer without damaging nearby surfaces, or more importantly, without taking up any additional valuable storage safe inside a gun safe or similar residential security container.…

Army designating Reserve units for repeat deployments to INDOPACOM. As Army units from Washington state to South Korea prepare themselves for a potential war with China, the service has decided that it would like some of its reserve units to have that same Indo-Pacific expertise, Defense One’s Meghann Myers reported Thursday from AUSA’s Land Forces symposium in Honolulu.  “We ask our reserves to be globally available, but I want them to be regionally aligned,” Maj. Gen. Gavin Gardner, the head of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, said Thursday. “We don’t want to just keep rotating different units through this theater, because…if…