Author: Braxton Taylor
Luth-AR has recently launched two new retro-styled AR-15 pattern upper receivers that should get the attention of both dedicated AR-15 shooters and military history enthusiasts alike, the new Luth-AR A1 Slick Side Upper and the new Luth-AR A1 C7 Retro Upper. Both of these new full-size 20-inch complete upper receiver groups are built around the timeless and iconic M-16A1 style fixed carry handle upper receiver. Luth-AR A1 Slick Side Upper The Luth-AR A1 Slick Side upper is built to resemble some of the earliest Colt-produced M-16A1 upper receiver groups that included the original M-16A1 fixed carry handle upper recover, the…
The Pentagon’s Replicator project is asking industry for ways to detect and down enemy drones that can be used without harming surrounding areas—like American territory. “As drones rapidly evolve from slow, easily identifiable commercial systems operating on known frequencies-to faster, custom-built systems, the call for [low-collateral defeat] capabilities is a key effort,” the Defense Innovation Unit and the Joint Counter-small UAS Office said in a Monday announcement. “These systems help to minimize risk to friendly forces, civilians, and infrastructure in the homeland and abroad.”Lawmakers and military officials are increasingly concerned about the rise of illicit drone sightings around military bases, as…
Top military spouse employers understand them better than you think. They recognize military spouses want to get hired now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Right now.Top military spouse employers understand that Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force spouses want to belong to great teams, just like their service members. These military spouse job seekers want careers they can build over time with opportunities for raises and advancement. They are not looking for handouts.Military spouses also need one more thing: They want their jobs to be flexible enough to move. That takes a top military spouse…
Galco Gunleather is now making its Walkabout 3.0 IWB (inside the waistband) concealment holster available for the Ruger LCP Max .380 ACP micro compact pistol. The Galco Gunleather Walkabout 3.0 IWB ambidextrous concealment holster is part of Galco’s Concealed Carry Lite product line. It is manufactured from premium center cut steerhide and the Walkabout 3.0 holster is primarily designed to function as a strong side inside the waistband holster, but it can also be set up to work as an appendix holster or inside waistband crossdraw rig if needed. The Walkabout 3.0 is designed with a wide and easily accessible…
May is Military Appreciation Month, and tucked within it is one of my favorite observances: Military Spouse Appreciation Day, the Friday before Mother’s Day, or May 9 this year. Over the past couple of decades, at more face-to-face events than I can count, I’ve heard military spouses described the same way — over and over again: “I’m basically the family CFO.” And honestly? That couldn’t be more accurate.Military spouses are the financial backbone of the family. They budget on the fly, manage permanent change-of-station (PCS) chaos, balance kids and careers, and somehow still remember to pay the car insurance on…
White House’s ‘trillion-dollar’ defense budget: The Trump administration’s $1.01 trillion defense-spending proposal for fiscal 2026 wouldn’t increase the Defense Department budget, and would lead to an inevitable decrease in defense spending the following year, budgetary experts said. Here’s why. According to documents posted to the White House website on Friday, the administration wants $892.6 billion for the base defense budget, which includes funds for DOD and the Energy Department’s nuclear weapons work, with $113 billion to come through the reconciliation budget bill now working its way through Congress. This drew swift criticism from GOP senators, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger…
In a not-so-distant future, the United States may face a combination of National Defense Strategy competitors in a shooting war while still holding terrorist groups at bay and responding to yet more crises across the globe. It is not difficult to imagine a scenario in which things go badly, quickly.The opening days of combat see U.S. and partner ground forces engaged in close combat, recognizable to World War I and II veterans yet infused with waves of uncrewed land, air, and maritime surface and sub-surface systems. U.S. stocks of hypersonic weapons, small drones, loitering munitions, and autonomous systems are gone…
They’re too heavy. They’re too big. They don’t hold enough ammo. The reasons not to own a 1911 are many, but then you pick one up, and it feels like it was molded for your hand. That heaviness? That controls recoil. Too big? The right holster takes care of that problem. Not enough ammunition in the magazine? Well, that’s what a pouch for your spare magazine is for. And then, to top it all off, there is that wonderful 1911 trigger. Old? Yes. Useless? Not hardly. Here’s what new in 1911s for 2025. EAA | Influencer X Available in four…
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Steven Rinella talks with Dan Flores, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Dan’s brand new podcast on The MeatEater Network, “The American West With Dan Flores”; an unconventional telling of the West by an environmental historian; a pigeon catching controversy in New York; the International Order of St. Hubertus; invasive aoudad as detrimental to native desert bighorn sheep populations; hunting the University of Texas, El Paso’s Indio Mountain Research Station and donating to fund research for bighorn sheep conservation; reintroducing species; deep history and long time with Dan; and more. Subscribe to The American West with…