Author: Braxton Taylor
In the wake of its loss in the Next Generation Air Dominance competition, Lockheed Martin plans to take the technology from its bid and funnel it into its F-35 program to pitch a lower-cost alternative to the future F-47.“The knowledge and technology development gained from our investments in the NGAD competition strengthened our conviction to enhance the F-35 to a fifth-generation-plus capability. And I challenged the team to deliver 80% of sixth-gen capability at 50% of the cost,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet said Tuesday during the company’s first-quarter earnings call. The company received a classified brief on why the service picked…
Hey everyone, Chris Sajnog here, founder of The New Rules of Marksmanship, a fundamental shift in the way we learn how to shoot like a pro and a system that’s helped 1000s of people just like you learn to shoot in the privacy of their own homes. How To Shoot Like A Navy SEAL Now, I just want to briefly introduce you to the book that kind of started it all. And that’s How to shoot like a Navy SEAL. I wrote this book after retiring from the SEAL teams in 2009. And when it was first published in 2013,…
Practice, practice, practice. How many times have you heard that phrase? When you heard it, did you just roll your eyes and go back to whatever you were doing? Or did you listen and get practice? In this post, I will teach why practice makes perfect and the myelination process. While the phrase may be considered cliche, it’s a cliche for a reason. When done correctly and consistently, repetitive practice works. I could be just another person telling you to practice repeatedly, but I’d rather explain why repetitive practice is so important. Muscle Memory You’ve heard of muscle memory, where your…
Hey guys, this is retired Navy Seal, firearms instructor Chris Sajnog, in this post, I’m going to be talking about front sight focus and today I’m going to make all of you better shooters, instantly. How? By showing you what it means to truly focus on your front sight when you’re shooting. If you’re already focusing on your front sight, and you’re an awesome shooter, that’s great. But I’m going to show you some pretty cool visual experiments that will demonstrate why focusing intently on the front sight actually works. So let’s get started. Are you watching or focusing? If you’ve…
Northrop Grumman is taking a $477 million hit on its B-21 Raider program to fund changes that will allow it to build the new stealth bomber faster than the Pentagon has so far requested.The pre-tax charge, tied to the first five low-rate initial production lots, adds to the $1.56 billion loss the company reported in January on the program. The fresh loss covers expenses tied to a “process change” intended to boost production rates and an increase in the projected cost and amount of materials needed to build the first five lots, company CEO Kathy Warden said during the company’s first-quarter…
The Battle of the Bulge finally ends. President Franklin Roosevelt dies after an unprecedented 12 years in office. Adolf Hitler kills himself in a Berlin bunker. The United States drops atomic bombs on Japan. The Dachau concentration camp is liberated, bringing the horror of the Holocaust home to the people of the United States. World War II finally ends on both fronts, but the cleanup is just beginning.It all happened in 1945, a year the National World War II Museum in New Orleans calls “the most consequential year in modern history.” To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of…
For American audiences, the Korean War is often called “the Forgotten War.” But in South Korean cinema, it has never been forgotten. South Korean filmmakers have repeatedly revisited the war, not only to tell stories of heroism and tragedy but also to reflect on the country’s complex relationship with the United States.Over the decades, South Korean war films have taken different perspectives on the country’s closest ally, mirroring shifts in public sentiment. Some frame the U.S. as a liberator and a critical partner, while others depict it as a prolonger of war. These films offer more than just action-packed battle…
The State Department will eliminate 15 percent of its domestic staff as part of a reorganization that will close one-sixth of its 734 offices and bureaus, officials said Tuesday.Of the remaining 602 offices and bureaus, 137 are to be moved within the department. Affected employees will receive reduction-in-force notices by July 1.State Secretary Marco Rubio announced the reorganization to staff Tuesday, as employees had anticipated.Rubio said the offices to be eliminated are not mandated by law, do not align with President Trump’s priorities, have overlapping functions, or “represent radical causes.”The overhaul is to be led by Michael Rigas, once the is confirmed by…
President Trump’s White House is asking around for someone who could replace Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, NPR’s Tom Bowman reported Monday, citing a U.S. official. However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt disagreed, and called the report “FAKE NEWS based on one anonymous source who clearly has no idea what they are talking about.”“He’s doing a great job,” Trump said Monday of his defense secretary. “Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” referring to the U.S. military’s monthlong airstrike campaign in Yemen known as Operation Rough Rider. Rewind: Hegseth found himself in the spotlight again this week when news broke of yet…
Mossberg is following up the success of the 590 Shockwave pump action firearm with the new 990 Aftershock, a 12-gauge semi-automatic firearm that can use 2.75-inch or 3-inch shells. This full-featured and easy to maneuver platform is available with either 14.75-inch or 18.5-inch barrel options or a 14.75-inch version equipped with a Crimson Trace Lasersaddle sight. Inside the 990 Aftershock is a durable gas-operating system that contained within the fore end. The internal parts like the gas piston, magazine tube, hammer and sear have a nickel-boron coating and a special finish for enhanced corrosion resistance and smooth cycling. The 990…