It sometimes feels like being a successful fly angler comes down to having “the right stuff.” From waders and boots to lines and reels to the endless multitude of gadgets, gizmos, and fly patterns, every angler has an opinion about the fly fishing equipment that’s “absolutely necessary” to catch fish.…

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Jules and Gédéon Naudet were making a documentary about a rookie New York firefighter when the Sept. 11 attacks happened. Their project became a record of the rescue effort inside the World Trade Center, filmed by people who had no way of knowing what would happen next. Twenty-five years later,…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to this bonus episode of Backwoods University. As always this is a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places, and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. And a big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. And in…

​Days before the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a military judge excluded what prosecutors called their best account from the man accused of planning them. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Schrama ruled Aug. 28 that statements Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave FBI agents at Guantanamo Bay in January 2007…

Congress is trying to save an aircraft by naming a bill after the sound of its gun. The bipartisan BRRRRT Act would require the Air Force to maintain at least 126 A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft through fiscal 2033 and rebuild support programs that the service has already started dismantling. The…

In the days after terrorists attacked the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, families began arriving at a hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, carrying questions that often had no answers. Some still hoped their loved ones might have survived. The FBI was collecting toothbrushes, hairbrushes and other personal items that could…

Sail250 Virginia opens this week with an international fleet of more than 60 tall ships and military vessels from 20 countries arriving in Norfolk and the Hampton Roads area. The event is one of five official U.S. ports hosting the national Sail250 America tour to mark the country’s 250th anniversary.…

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has introduced multiple provisions within the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that focus on childcare for military families, stopping “secret” spending by the Pentagon, and codifying sex-neutral standards. The NDAA recently passed out of both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, setting…

A new memorandum issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) calls for changes to care provided to LGBTQ+ military veterans, including ceasing all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and disbanding “gender ideology” initiatives. Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health John Bartrum signed the June 12 memo, originally…

OpenAI will bring ChatGPT to GenAI.mil, the Pentagon’s generative-AI platform, in “early July,” a company official said Tuesday.The AI firm is working with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, Mohammed Husain—the company’s strategic delivery lead for cyber—said at the Defense One Tech Summit in Arlington, Virginia.“I think we’re going live extremely…

Compared to the previous month’s Forza Horizon 6, 007 First Light, and Lego Batman, June 2026’s triple-A games lineup is somewhat lacking. So far, the biggest releases of the month have been ports; for instance, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition launched on the Switch 2,…

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