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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…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired two top officials on the National Intelligence Council in a move aimed at ending the “weaponization and politicization” of the intelligence community, a spokesperson for her office confirmed Wednesday. Gabbard terminated NIC acting director Mike Collins and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, weeks after the intelligence body wrote an assessment that contradicted President Donald Trump’s claims about Venezuelan gang members.The April 7 report from NIC, which produces intelligence assessments for policymakers, found it unlikely that Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is overseeing or aiding the criminal activities of Tren de Aragua in the United States. The findings disputed…
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HONOLULU—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, the head of the 8th Theater Sustainment Command said Thursday.With that in mind, U.S. Army Pacific in 2023 began selecting units to deploy repeatedly to the same locations, Maj. Gen. Gavin Gardner said at AUSA’s Land Forces symposium here, in an attempt to make reserve formations regional experts the way active-component units along the Pacific already are. “We ask our reserves to be globally available,…
Hosts Randall Williams, Tony Peterson, and Lake Pickle dig deep into dogs with trainer Jordan Horak of Cato Outdoors, play a thrilling round of MeatEater Price is Right with help from their friends as Scheels, discuss 1974’s canine classic, Where the Red Fern Grows, talk ticks with Dr. Mani Lejuene of Cornell University, and throwback to some cherished dog memories. Read the full article here
Brent’s taking one more swing at turkey season with a couple of good ones. A father shares a son’s firsts–that’s plural–from down in Texas and Brent’s got something hot off the press from the Show Me State. Double gobbles, double gobblers, and double barrels on this week’s “This Country Life” podcast brought to you by Case knives. Read the full article here
A Navy surface warfare officer has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, Jesse Arguinzoni Olsen, in Fukuoka, Japan, in October.Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Olsen, currently assigned to Naval Surface Group Southwest, was charged May 7 with unpremeditated murder and obstructing justice during an Article 32 hearing, according to Cmdr. Paul Macapagal, a spokesman for U.S. Naval Forces Japan.Olsen, 37, was found dead Oct. 28 at a hotel in Fukuoka, roughly 60 miles northwest of Sasebo Naval Base, Japan. The Japan Times reported at the time that police were called to the location for a suspected suicide, but…