Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday in May to honor Americans who died in military service. It began as Decoration Day, a post-Civil War tradition of placing flowers on soldiers’ graves. The man who formalized that tradition into a national observance was Maj. Gen. John…

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has proposed an amendment to statewide hunting regulations that would require all harvested mountain lions to be reported in Texas.Currently, mountain lions are classified as non-game animals in Texas alongside species such as coyotes, bobcats, bullfrogs, and rabbits. Under current TPWD regulations, there…

Setting a healthy column of gunpowder behind a .22-caliber bullet is nothing new in the world of cartridge design. The .220 Swift has been around for nearly 100 years, and the .22-250 Remington existed as a wildcat cartridge long before Big Green standardized it in 1965. Double-deuce bullets are cheap…

A year after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Army to take on a long list of tasks—including jettisoning unwanted vehicles and aircraft and  re-focusing on unmanned systems—the Army Transformation Initiative is on uncertain ground.Hegseth has said he’s giving the document “another look,” but has declined to be more specific,…

The Navy’s drone tanker, the MQ-25A Stingray, is cleared for low-rate initial production—just weeks after a production-ready model took its first flight. “MQ-25 reached Milestone C, which is huge because now we have inflight refueling that is unmanned…it’s a great capability,” Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said at the end of…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: I don’t think you can underplay the importance of fitness. And you know, just one you’re gonna be better off. You’re gonna get in the woods a little bit easier in the mornings, get out of the woods once again. My add in the middle of the…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. Your guide to the White Tail Woods presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go farther, stay Longer, and now your host Mark Kenyon. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Welcome to the…

Anduril will soon start making its robot drone wingman offering for the Air Force at its new Ohio factory months ahead of schedule, a company official told Defense One in an exclusive interview. The private defense contractor announced last year that it would build its manufacturing facility, dubbed Arsenal-1, in Columbus,…

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