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This week Reid and Dan host #1 artist, Drew Baldridge out in God’s Country. The three of them cover an array of topics from deer hunting in Illinois to taking chances to make your dreams come true. Drew breaks down how he’s the first independent artist to have a song go #1 at country radio. He shares how his wife has been steady throughout this entire process and how she inspired “She’s Somebody’s Daughter” from the beginning. Read the full article here
An incident involving an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress and a regional Delta airline passenger jet in North Dakota has now prompted multiple investigations after the bomber appeared near the plane’s flight path and the commercial pilot was suddenly forced to evade the military aircraft.SkyWest flight 3788, operating Friday as a Delta connection between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Minot, North Dakota, “landed safely in Minot after being cleared for approach by the tower but performed a go-around when another aircraft became visible in their flight path,” the regional airline said in an unsigned statement to Military.com on Monday.The aircraft the passenger jet…
This week, Tony explains how we should view the various aspects of scouting and hunting as challenges, and not focus on what we perceive to be nearly unsolvable problems. Connect with Tony Peterson and MeatEater Tony Peterson on Instagram and Facebook MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop MeatEater Merch Read the full article here
Hundreds of Marines sent to Los Angeles in response to anti-immigration raid protests are set to head home after a little more than a month in the city, according to the Pentagon, ending a controversial domestic deployment of active-duty troops not seen in more than three decades.Roughly 700 troops with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines — an infantry unit out of Twentynine Palms, California — rapidly left their installation bound for LA early last month after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put them on a heightened alert status in response to protests in the city.It was days until a contingent of the…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has delayed its deadline for announcing changes to its family caregiver program, giving longtime participants who faced possible dismissal up to three more years of benefits.The VA announced Friday that the extension for veterans and their caregivers who are “legacy” participants under the original eligibility criteria has been moved to September 2028. The original deadline had been Sept. 30, 2025 — the date the department had set to review the criteria that it changed in 2020.Originally established to provide benefits to caregivers of severely injured and ill post-9/11 veterans who otherwise would be institutionalized without…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stood up yet another review process — this time focused on officer promotions. It will be run by a Marine officer who rose to fame slamming the Biden administration over its Afghanistan withdrawal, according to a video and memo released Sunday.”America’s sons and daughters who serve in our military deserve the best leaders commanding them, which is why we need to reform the promotion system at DoD,” Hegseth said in the video, while offering no specifics on what he believed the problems were.This review is just the latest of several that Hegseth has ordered since…
Air ForceNo new-tanker competition. After years of uncertainty about the Air Force’s tanker plans, the service has decided to buy more KC-46s instead of launching a new competition for its next tanker buy, Defense One’s Audrey Decker reported Sunday off an interview with Air Force Chief Gen. David Allvin. “The decision to stick with Boeing’s KC-46 likely stems from budget pressures, since continuing Pegasus production would cost less than putting research and development money into a new program. The new contract will come after Boeing finishes delivering tankers under the current program of record, for 188 aircraft.” More, here.Airline pilot…
The head of U.S. intelligence made misleading claims about what Obama-administration officials said about Russian meddling in the 2016 election, while accusing them of a “conspiracy” to “politicize” intelligence and asking the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation.On Sunday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said her office would send a memo, which was released on Friday with a statement, and its supporting documents to the U.S. Justice Department for use in potential criminal prosecutions of unnamed Obama-era intelligence officials.“We are referring all of the documents that we have uncovered to the Department of Justice and the FBI for…
DETROIT—It’s a boat! It’s a plane! It’s an electric vehicle! It’s… all three? And it could be used in military missions. Electric boat-plane maker REGENT Craft is setting its sights on aiding military operations from logistics to medical evacuations. The Rhode Island-based company recently launched its defense business, offering its electric-run Viceroy seaglider to reach speeds of up to 50 mph. The seaglider has options for crewed, uncrewed, or autonomous, and three modes: float, like a standard boat; hydrofoil, when it hoists itself above the water using small underwater wings similar to an aircraft; and ground effect, in which it flies about…
The U.S. is facing a reckoning with its ability to manufacture enough weapons to fight a well-stocked, near-peer adversary while also continually modernizing its arsenal. For all the talk about “magazine depth,” and individual efforts with specific munitions, experts say the problem can’t be tackled without a major shift in how weapons are developed and manufactured overall.Modular weapons—made of easily sourced materials with manufacturing standards that commercial factories can accommodate—will be key, according to a panel of experts who spoke Monday at the Hudson Institute. “For the last 20 years, 25 years, DOD hasn’t invested in magazine depth—they’ve been obviously consumed…