The Air Force must upgrade its KC-135 tankers to give aircrews more battlespace awareness, say former air-mobility leaders who warn that more tragedies might follow a recent deadly crash.On March 12, two KC-135s were involved in the deadly mishap over friendly airspace that was not the result of hostile or…

There’s a certain comfort in stacking ammo cans.Rows of neatly labeled cases of 9mm, 5.56, and maybe even some .22 tucked away for good measure. It feels productive. Responsible, even.But stockpiling by itself is a shallow form of readiness. It looks good on a shelf, but doesn’t necessarily hold up…

Fundamentals Series — Part 3At Valiance Firearms Training (VFT), we view two things as the primary drivers of performance  with a pistol: Grip and trigger control. If a shooter can maintain a high and tight grip that keeps the gun flat and apply consistent trigger control that minimizes movement, they can progress…

In north-central Alaska, up to 2.1 million acres of federal land could be transferred to state ownership, opening the door for new mining and road development. On February 25, the Department of Interior announced the revocation of Public Land Orders 5150 and 5180 in Alaska’s Dalton Utility Corridor, which traces…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: What you’re about to listen to is a conversation with Alison Fox, the CEO of American Prairie. For twenty five years, American Prairie has been executing on an ambitious and highly controversial plan to buy hundreds of thousands of acres of ranch land in the vicinity of…

Lawmakers are done asking how the Pentagon is spending $23 billion allocated for the Golden Dome missile-defense program. Now they’re writing their queries into law.In the annual defense appropriations bill on Tuesday, House and Senate appropriators wrote that while they “support the operational objectives of Golden Dome for national security,”…

DETROIT—Car enthusiasts milling around the floor at the Detroit auto show this week will get the first public glimpse of the Army’s new main battle tank, as the service prepares to roll out its M1A1 Abrams replacement five years ahead of its original timeline. Rather than wait to field the vehicles…

HONOLULU—As the Defense Department works to overhaul its antiquated and clunky acquisition system, it wants to hear from you.“Bring us your most disruptive, most unconstrained ideas,” Mike Cadenazzi, assistant defense secretary for industrial base policy, said during a keynote speech at the Honolulu Defense Forum last week. “We need radically…

The Marines are known for their creative group PT workouts. From perfect-cadence pushups in unison to burpees, squats, lunges and running, the PT coordinators in the Marine Corps create challenging workouts for large groups of recruits and Marines alike. You are limited to your group’s fitness abilities and your imagination…

A female soldier who was attacked and raped by a convicted serial predator at Fort Hood has filed a $10 million personal injury complaint against the U.S. Army, alleging that the service was aware of sexual crimes and physical abuse but did nothing to warn others or to put additional…

Two years ago, I was ready to throw hands at the next person to tell me to go mobile. I had only recently ditched ladder stands for climbing stands, which I considered mobile enough. The last thing I wanted to do was learn a new hunting system.I put up a…

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