Author: Braxton Taylor
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…
Military families saw parts of their lives upended during the 10-month blockade on senior officer promotions in 2023 caused by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a government watchdog confirmed in a report released Thursday.Still, the report from the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, also found that Tuberville’s procedural hold that blocked quick Senate votes on the promotions did not hurt military units’ ability to be ready for their missions.”The effects of the hold on military families varied based on individual circumstances,” wrote the GAO, the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress. “Some families experienced limited impact. In other cases, military families were…
The Defense Department said Thursday it will lean on commanders and existing medical screenings to find any service members whom it wants to discharge over the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.After the Supreme Court lifted its hold last week over the military’s plan to separate transgender troops, the department said that about 1,000 service members had already voluntarily come forward to be separated in the first phase of the policy. Meanwhile, a legal fight over the ban is still winding its way through the lower courts.Despite the unresolved legal challenge, defense officials now say that…
I have to start this off by addressing my own bias—I’m a mutt-lover through and through. I grew up with Labs; my folks even bred them for a while when I was very young. But all it took was picking up one lab-mix puppy from the pound, and my entire family was converted to the mutt cult. We haven’t had a purebred dog since. (I’d also like to add that I have nothing against purebreds.)But mutts fill shelters around the country, and litters of accidental mixed breeds happen all the time. While the old saying “you can’t teach an old…
“One of the things, for the people that are interested in the military, that I asked to look into—the F-35,” President Trump told an audience in Qatar on Thursday, launching into a minutes-long disquisition that left defense officials and aviation experts wondering just what he was talking about.“We’re doing an upgrade, a simple upgrade, but we’re also doing an F-55. I’m going to call it an F-55, and that’s going to be a substantial upgrade, but it’s going to be also with two engines, because an F-35 has a single engine. I don’t like single engines,” the president said during…
Let me make this clear–professional dog trainers are almost always worth the money. If you need help with the basic foundational work, are cagey about gunfire intro, or just want someone to untangle the canine mess you’ve created, the pros know how to do it.But, remember this: They have their specific methods. They have ways of communicating commands that are largely specific to them. And, whatever work they do to get your dog polished up will last only as long as you do your part.Consistency Is (Almost) EverythingHave you ever noticed how often dogs, particularly bird dogs, will obey one…
Magpul is announcing the new Magpul UCS, a highly-featured stock designed for rear-mounted, vertical M1913/Picatinny rails. The UCS can accommodate the wide variety of charging-handle styles and configurations, ejection-port locations and control placement. The stock features a reversible hinge for left- and right-folding configurations, and 5 degrees of drop for clearance—most stocks feature less of a drop, which doesn’t work for all firearms. The UCS stock also ships with two reversible cheek risers (½ inch and ¾ inch), and when combined with the reversible M1913 clamp, which allows for a 1/2-slot height adjustment along the rear rail for increased comb…
Bear Creek Arsenal, a company known for manufacturing affordably priced firearms with a specialization in complete AR-15 rifles and upper-receiver groups, is now launching a new product line: rifle ammunition. Bear Creek Arsenal will be selling 5.56 NATO cartridges loaded with a 55-grain boattail bullet. This ammunition will be manufactured at Bear Creek Arsenal’s facilities in Sanford, NC. 5.56 NATO 55-grain ammunition is widely considered to be the standard for target practice, training, competition shooting and general-purpose recreational use when it comes to modern semi-automatic rifles such as AR-15 pattern firearms and similar firearms. “At Bear Creek Arsenal, we are…
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) announced on May 13 that CBC Global Ammunition—one of the largest ammunition manufacturers in the world—is expanding its operations with a planned $300 million investment for a new facility at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in northeast Oklahoma. The project is expected to create 350 jobs. “Oklahoma is so excited that CBC USA is going to make its home here,” said Gov. Stitt. “Because of our business-friendly policies, our support of law enforcement and the Second Amendment, and our unbeatable logistical advantage, it is a no-brainer for companies to choose our state. I’m thrilled…