Author: Braxton Taylor

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…

The opinions expressed in this op-ed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Military.com. If you would like to submit your own commentary, please send your article to [email protected] for consideration.”Ma’am, you are really good at your job, and I’ve enjoyed working with you,” a fellow soldier said to me on my way out of Afghanistan in 2010 after serving a year overseas as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division.”You still don’t belong here, but it’s been good,” he concluded.That, and much worse, is what I heard as a steady drumbeat during my…

Raise your hand if you started your shooting sports journey by shooting a .22. Yes, I see those hands, you can put them down now. It’s the same with a lot of us here at Shooting Illustrated, and there’s no secret to why this is so. Rimfire guns are easy and inexpensive to shoot and can provide hours of fun without shelling out a lot of cash. Add in new sports like .22 precision rifle and Rimfire Challenge, and all of a sudden you’ll see why rimfire guns keep selling year after year.   Bergara | BMR-X Carbon Combining a…

Military Arms Corporation MAC 2 Tactical Wood Shotgun (MSRP: $548.99) The Benelli M2 holds a special place in the hearts of defensive shotgun aficionados. Rugged and reliable, it has an operating system that can take just about any load you put in it and send it downrange.  The patents on that action have expired, which now allows just about anyone to come out with their interpretation of that classic scattergun. Military Armament Corporation has taken advantage of this fact, and now has a series of tactical shotguns based on the Benelli action.  The model we’re looking at today is the…