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On this episode of the Bear Grease Render, join host Clay Newcomb live at the Ada Oklahoma Mule Sale. Listen along as Justin Kelso and Max Bishop watch the Trail Competition course and describe the qualities of what makes a good mule and what they specifically watch for when looking for one to buy. Read the full article here
The Department of Veterans Affairs is undertaking a radical reorganization, one that Trump administration officials say will better serve veterans by emphasizing automation and goals of efficiency, paired with plans for tens of thousands of layoffs.Veterans overwhelmingly believe the VA needs urgent reforms focused on speed, accessibility and responsiveness. They are calling for streamlined processes, more staff focused on customer service, extended referral windows and leadership that prioritizes meaningful structural reform over workforce cuts.From long call-wait times to referral systems that often expire before receiving full care, veterans across the country say the VA needs urgent reform to deliver health…
A newly released watchdog investigation into President Joe Biden’s mission last year to deliver aid to Gaza via a military logistics system known as JLOTS has confirmed years of cost cuts left the system seriously imperiled and military officials also failed to properly plan for the effort.In the spring of 2024, in the wake of a massive Israeli campaign that left much of Gaza destroyed, Biden ordered that the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, be used to construct a pier in the war-torn region to deliver millions of tons of aid to starving residents.The pier, operated by the Army and…
Anthony Tata, whose past Islamaphobic and conspiratorial statements doomed his nomination for a top Pentagon job in the first Trump administration, was grilled by senators on Tuesday in his bid to become the Pentagon’s personnel chief in the second Trump administration.During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, Tata distanced himself from his past comments by saying they were “out of character.” But he also defended more recent comments calling for purging military officers seen as disloyal to President Donald Trump and supporting using military force for law…
The Army is canning the short-lived M10 Booker, an armored fighting vehicle, amid concerns over its deployability and relevance on future battlefields — but the move could also leave infantry units with significantly less firepower in the next war.The decision reflects a broader pivot by the service toward high-tech warfare and away from legacy platforms. While the Booker was only in service for two years, the cancellation marks the first notable pivot from a conventional ground warfare mindset as the Army accelerates investment in emerging technologies.”We are infusing [infantry units] with drones, autonomous systems, robots,” Gen. Randy George, the Army’s…
The Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops will be allowed to take effect after the Supreme Court on Tuesday paused a lower court’s block against the ban.In a brief order, the Supreme Court said it was granting the Trump administration’s emergency application to stay a preliminary injunction issued by a federal court in Washington state.The order doesn’t end the court battle against the ban, but will allow it to take effect while an appeals court more thoroughly considers the Trump administration’s request to nullify the injunction.Read Next: Investigation into Gaza Pier Mission Finds Funding Cuts, Poor Planning Hindered the OperationThe…
Two Marines killed in a vehicle crash at the southern U.S. border last month were convoying along a two-lane desert highway in New Mexico when the driver attempted to pass another vehicle and veered off the road to avoid oncoming traffic, according to a local police report.The sheriff’s office report said the Marines were following a Border Patrol vehicle with its lights on that was passing a commercial vehicle traveling in the same direction. But when the Marines attempted to follow, another vehicle appeared — coming head-on from the opposite direction — and their Jeep veered off the road into…
The mother of a 23-year-old airman shot and killed in his apartment by a Florida sheriff’s deputy last year has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit a year after the incident, alleging that excessive force and other unconstitutional actions led to his death.Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was serving with Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, was shot and killed by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Eddie Duran on May 3, 2024, when he was responding to a 911 call of a reported disturbance at the airman’s apartment complex. The officer shot Fortson six times after seeing he answered…