Author: Braxton Taylor
The head of the Department of the Air Force’s recruiting efforts, who has overseen the service’s turnaround from missing its goal for the first time since 1999 to hitting it three months early, believes those slumps are solidly in the rearview mirror.Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein has served as the commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service since June 2023 — a role he’s set to leave later this month. In an interview with Military.com where he looked back on the Air Force’s recruiting turnaround, the one-star general said he believes the service is on some of the best footing it’s…
The Pentagon has confirmed reports it has pulled Navy Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly from promotion and a new job overseeing the Navy’s Pacific fleet after a conservative news outlet again highlighted his role in allowing sailors to hold drag shows aboard a ship he commanded nearly 10 years ago.A senior defense official confirmed that “Secretary Hegseth has chosen to withdraw Adm. Donnelly’s nomination to lead 7th Fleet” in a statement provided Friday, adding “the department will open up nominations for the 7th Fleet commander” — the fleet that operates in the Pacific and especially around Japan and China.On Thursday, conservative…
A former Marine who exploited roughly two dozen minors, including by posing as a teenage girl online, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday. He extorted multiple victims into creating child sexual abuse material and threatened to release it to their friends and family.Anthony Fritzinger, 25, committed the offenses while he was an active-duty lance corporal in the Marine Corps at Cherry Point, North Carolina, according to his indictment and service record. His criminal conduct was first discovered in 2020 when he used an anonymous account to threaten an 18-year-old woman with the release of nude pictures taken…
As a high school kid, I spent most of my Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays at my grandparents. I had almost zero responsibilities and ample hunting time. When I wasn’t in the woods, I would thumb through stacks of Outdoor Life or Field & Stream that my grandfather hoarded over the years and kept in a wicker basket beside his recliner.In the evenings, he would formulate the next day’s hunting plans for me and my cousins as we watched hunting shows. Most of these shows featured sprawling midwestern ag fields, big bucks, even bigger tower blinds, and, of course, the whispered…
If you’ve spent any time in western terrain, you already know about the brutal climbs, long hours in the cold, or the moment you finally arrow a bull, only to realize you’re many miles from the truck with a few hundred pounds of meat on the ground.That’s when fitness stops being a bonus and becomes a requirement. It’s not about six packs or max deadlifts. It’s about being more present, more capable, and more resilient when it counts. When you’re not winded from the hike, you’re more alert. When you’re not aching from the cold, you’re more patient. And when…