Author: Braxton Taylor

00:00:14 Speaker 1: My name is Clay Nukleman. 00:00:16 Speaker 2: This is a production of the bear Grease podcast called The bear Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper, and look behind the scenes of the actual bear Grease podcast, presented by f HF Gear, American Maid purpose built hunting and fishing gear that’s designed to be as rugged as the place as we explore. 00:00:47 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Bear Grease Render. This is This is our annual annual show that we do at the World’s Championship Squirrel Cookoff. This is uh, it was so where…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Seth, what is going on? Welcome back to Refresh. This is Jake Koefer and we have an exciting episode because it’s October first. So if you’re one of the many states that have been sitting on the sidelines and have been watching some of these other earlier opening states, it is your time. This is October first, and the excitement and anticipation is going to build every single week. And we have a great episode with a variety of different guests here that have already killed some really great bucks, filled their dough tags, or one guest…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: It’s meat Podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your guest host Giannis but tell Us today, joined by Spencer Brody, Corey Seth and Bronson Strickland Ronson, this is your first time on the show. How do you think you’ll do it? Meat Eater Trivia? 00:00:29 Speaker 3: If I do fifty percent, it’ll be a victory for me. I’m terrible at trivia. 00:00:34 Speaker 2: Do you ever play along with this show at home? 00:00:38 Speaker 3: I have a couple times with graduate…

In the scorching expanse of California’s Mojave Desert, U.S. Marines and French Foreign Legionnaires recently wrapped up a significant training evolution that’s shaping allied interoperability. Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 4-25, held from August 4 to 25 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, saw Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, team up with the Legion’s 4th Combat Company, 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment, part of the 6th Light Armored Brigade. The training represented is a gritty test of shared tactics, equipment interoperability, and force-on-force clashes that echo the two organizations’ storied joint history.The…

For many veterans, service comes with costs that linger long after discharge. Prosthetic limbs and orthopedic braces wear through fabric, while many skin medications can stain or ruin clothing. To offset this, Congress authorized the Annual Clothing Allowance, codified in 38 U.S.C. § 1162 and implemented by VA under 38 C.F.R. § 3.810. It provides a lump-sum payment each year to help offset the damage service-related conditions cause to everyday clothing. Who Qualifies And How It Works Eligibility rests on two basic criteria: a veteran must have a service-connected disability and must demonstrate that either a prosthetic or orthopedic device causes wear and…

The moving and restoration of a giant decades-old painting of Jesus by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) could potentially be met with legal action for violating the separation of church and state.On Monday, Duffy celebrated the restoration of the “Christ on the Water” painting being moved back to USMMA’s Elliot M. See Room of Wiley Hall after the Biden administration had relocated it in 2023 to the basement of the academy’s chapel.“Burying this historic painting in the basement wasn’t just a mistake—it was an insult to the faith and legacy…

On Sept. 30, 2025, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, President Donald Trump told hundreds of military officials that American cities should serve as “training grounds” for U.S. troops, a proposal that would test longstanding civil-military boundaries and would likely face immediate legal challenges. “I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,” Trump said, referring to War Secretary Pete Hegseth. “We’re going into Chicago very soon.”Trump’s remarks came during a hastily convened meeting at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where the White House flew in hundreds of generals and admirals. The meeting itself was unprecedented. Trump…

At Quantico today, President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told hundreds of America’s senior officers that the era of “politically correct” leadership is over. The optics were clear.  It was a rare mass gathering of generals and admirals, summoned to hear a sharp course correction. Trump’s line, “We will not be politically correct when it comes to defending American freedom”, landed like a gavel strike, setting the tone for Hegseth’s harder edge. Hegseth followed with a vow: “The era of politically correct, overly sensitive don’t-hurt-anyone’s-feelings leadership ends right now at every level.” He coupled that with promises of…

The nation’s top spy offices are expected to pare certain “non-essential” intelligence-gathering activities if the government shuts down at midnight tonight.Under guidance provided by the Defense Department, intelligence work that directly supports active military operations, threat monitoring, or other national-security emergencies is designated “excepted” and would continue if funding lapses.But agencies would be required to pause certain longer-term activities. Those include political and economic analysis work unrelated to current crises and intelligence support for weapons acquisition. Political and economic assessments can help military planners understand how foreign governments and global financial conditions shape conflicts, while weapons-acquisition intelligence helps the U.S. design, purchase, and test systems.In essence,…

The federal government is headed toward a shutdown Wednesday morning: Congress failed to pass any funding to kick off fiscal 2026, which will cause hundreds of thousands of federal employees to be furloughed and the rest of the civil service to continue working without immediate pay. In a 55-45 tally, the Senate on Tuesday once again rejected a seven-week stopgap funding bill that would have kept agencies afloat through Nov. 21 after all but a few Democrats voted to block the measure. All Republicans supported the House-backed bill, but it failed to reach the 60-vote threshold necessary to pass it and keep government…