Author: Braxton Taylor

Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ community care program in 30 specialties will not have to get reauthorization from the VA for a year under a new policy announced by the department Monday.VA officials said that, under the change, eligible veterans will receive 12 months of uninterrupted medical services from private providers covered by the department without needing a new authorization.Before the change, which went into effect Monday, VA community care specialty referrals were reevaluated every 90 to 180 days, according to the department.Read Next: VA to Ban Nearly All Abortions at VA Facilities, Drop Coverage for…

The Space Force plans to launch satellites that can track vehicles and ships within the next year, a senior official said, and eventually use that work to figure out how to track airborne targets from orbit.The ground moving target indicator mission, known as GMTI, is a joint effort between the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office to help the military track targets on the ground from space—a mission handled until 2023 by the aging, airborne E-8 JSTARS fleet. The service has already launched some “initial satellites” to enable GMTI, such as radar satellites and communications satellites to allow the satellites to…

Every summer, trout streams in the West face hot, low water conditions, making for tough fishing—and sometimes lethal conditions for trout. In Montana, famed trout streams like the Big Hole and Beaverhead are plagued with fishing restrictions and sometimes full-on closures in July and August. But what if there was a way to nip the problem in the bud and increase the overall water supply to begin with?Researchers are exploring exactly that with a method called “cloud seeding.” The practice involves injecting a chemical compound, silver iodide, into the atmosphere during winter months, where it encourages the formation of ice…

Now that artificial intelligence (AI) tools can do so much of the work of building a resume, what else is there for a veteran or military spouse job seeker to learn?Plenty.AI tools can be a secret to getting a job, but they can also be the reason your post-military resume ends up at the bottom of a mountain of resumes. Why?Read Next: The Best Veterans Guide to Getting a Job Fast or FasterIt is a mystery to most transitioning military members why this is happening. While your resume might seem brilliant to you and your friends, you know there is…

Unfortunately, it won’t do any of that. Thanedar’s bill would instead prohibit hunters from setting out food on federal public land with the intent to attract black bears.The campaign to end bear baiting has until now focused largely on the states, with a ballot initiative campaign in Maine and lawsuits in Idaho and Wyoming, among several other efforts, but this would be the first federal push to ban the practice. Bear baiting is currently legal in 12 states, but only seven states have federal land that would be affected by this bill: Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.In…

For more than a decade, Team Red, White and Blue — a nonprofit organization for veterans – has operated a unique program that combines physical activity with a sense of shared purpose and mutual support.The power of the tribe has made a difference for a growing population of unhealthy veterans. Studies exploring the health outcomes of veterans and civilians over the past 20 years reveal concerns, highlighting the need for programs such as the ones Team RWB provides. For the first time, veterans have worse health markers than civilians.For America’s military veterans, the transition to civilian life is challenging mentally…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. I’m your host, Lake Pickle. In this episode, we’re going to dive deep into the conservation history of Mississippi’s once celebrated but now controversial native species, the American black bear. We’re going to start this episode off by going back and forth between two historical accounts from the same state of Mississippi, separated by nothing but time. The first being clips from local Mississippi news networks, dates ranging from ten years ago to just…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s cap. A four year old boy in Washington State was attacked by a mountain lion last month and saved by the quick actions of his father. The young boy and his parents were hiking a popular trail in Olympic National Park when the attack occurred. Officials haven’t released many details, so we don’t know whether the attack was unprompted or if the animal had been approached, but witnesses who spoke to local media say that the big…

Modular Driven Technologies, better known as MDT, has just unveiled the ACC Premier GEN2 rifle chassis designed to fit rimfire Ruger 10/22 pattern rifles, including those made by Volqsuartsen. As the second-generation version of MDT’s award-winning Premier rifle chassis, this ACC Premier GEN2 is a major refresh of one of Modular Driven Technologies’ winningest competition precision shooting rifle chassis.  MDT ACC Premier GEN2 Upgrades:  A taller integrated barricade stop A thicker and more rigid fore-end Drilled holes along the top of the fore-end to take advantage of MDT’s night vision and Control Bridge system. Because high level rimfire precision competition…

Boeing’s fighter-jet workforce just went on strike in St. Louis. The strike affects more than 3,000 machinists across St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois, after they rejected a new four-year contract proposal on Sunday. The New York Times calls the stoppage “the first in nearly three decades for the local chapter of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, IAM District 837.” At stake: “Boeing’s smaller military business supplies advanced jet fighters such as the F-15 and F/A-18, as well as key parts of the munitions supply chain. The company last week reported a second…