Author: Braxton Taylor

Defense strategy has become a booming enterprise, yet its core themes often boil down to a single word—or just a few. Donald Rumsfeld’s tenure in the Pentagon was defined by “transformation,” while Lloyd Austin’s strategy emphasized “campaigning” and “integrated deterrence.” Robert Gates captured his focus succinctly when he warned that the Defense Department was plagued by “next-war-itis”: prioritizing future conflicts over the wars it was already fighting. In the first Trump administration’s defense strategy, Jim Mattis emphasized increasing lethality in the U.S. military, and the return of long-term strategic competition with Russia and China, which came to be known as…

Federal’s new Action Pistol offerings are precision-engineered for the Byzantine regulations of action-shooting sports and their various power-factor classes. This is not a guide for either IPSC or IDPA competitive shooting. Rather, the forthcoming is about power factor, how it differentiates cartridges in competition by external ballistics and if it is a practical and/or equitable approach to cartridge effectiveness or recoil. The power-factor concept belongs to Col. Jeff Cooper, who was the founding president of IPSC. He was adamant the .45 ACP should have a scoring advantage surpassing that of the 9mm because he believed it better at stopping fights.…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan cal Calaan. 00:00:18 Speaker 2: Here’s Cal. 00:00:21 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Cal’s Week Interview, or Cal the While, as we’re calling all things these days. Good friend of mine, Ted Cook with the North American Grouse Partnership. Ted and I have known each other for a long time. In fact, he’s been on this podcast, but in a very reserved capacity, and he generously gave the big spotlight that he deserves to a bunch of ranchers…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Smell us. 00:00:05 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia Podcast. 00:00:25 Speaker 3: Welcome everybody to Meet Eater Radio Live. Welcome to Meet Eater Radio Live. I’m your host. 00:00:34 Speaker 2: Today, Clay Newcombe, straight out of Arkansas, and I’m pretty sure this will this will rank up there with the top Meet Eat Radio lives maybe of all time because of my co hosts, Brent Reeves and Tony Peterson. 00:00:51 Speaker 3: Great to see you boys. 00:00:54 Speaker 4: Brent, It’s great to be here. 00:00:55 Speaker 3: Are you happy to be…

Wilson Combat Tactical Ultralight 5.56 NATO (MSRP: $2,215) A true master is a master in more than one discipline. Wilson Combat started out making top-rated 1911s, but now the company has branched out into defensive shotguns, bolt-action rifles and AR-pattern rifles. It’s that last group, the AR-15, that we’ll be looking at today. At slightly less than 6 pounds in weight without a magazine or optic, the Wilson Tactical Ultralight AR-15 is what it says: Lightweight. However, that light weight doesn’t mean that Wilson Combat skimped on the details. It has a match-profile barrel with a Q-Comp muzzle brake, a…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot lining and just general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast the airwaves have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stories to share. Jesse goes to school. I’ve got a new project to work on, a living breathing chew up the patio furniture, long…

A Marine sergeant on reserve duty died after he collapsed during a physical fitness test in Florida last month, according to the service and a Naval Safety Command report.Sgt. Gordon Reed, a motor vehicle operator with 4th Marine Logistics Group, collapsed at Navy Reserve Center Orlando on June 24 during a PFT and was transported to a local hospital where he died, according to the safety report and a statement from a Marine Forces Reserve spokesperson on Wednesday.His death is under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Marine Forces Reserve is also conducting a safety investigation, and the spokesperson,…

A long-standing Air Force Facebook page created to represent its top enlisted leader has been renamed and rebranded as a news source — an apparent move by the service to control online conversation and messaging within the ranks.The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force page, which has more than 200,000 followers on the social media platform, was renamed earlier this month “the Airman’s Dispatch” with a mottos of “your source for trusted updates — by airmen, for airmen,” as well as “Truth moves fast. So do we.”The change, according to comments provided to Military.com by Chief Master Sgt. David…

Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the dismantling of its helicopter units, a sweeping move that has caught commanders off guard and upended aviation operations across the country.The cuts, which are set to eliminate all of the reserve’s helicopter units by the end of the summer, are part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s broader push to modernize the force by shedding legacy formations and redirecting resources toward emerging technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence.But the transition has left troops questioning both the pace and…

Senate Democrats agreed to support a Republican effort to expand veterans’ access to private doctors through the Department of Veterans Affairs on the condition that a key provision will expire in eight years.The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted 16-2 to advance the bill Wednesday afternoon, though Democrats characterized their support as provisional based on the expectation of further negotiations on the bill. The bipartisan support stood in stark contrast to the House, where a version of the bill was advanced last week by the House Veterans Affairs Committee on strictly party lines amid Democratic accusations that Republicans are working to…