The United States Coast Guard turns 236 years old this Aug. 4 — older than the Navy’s current organizational form, older than the Marine Corps as a permanent standing force and older than the country’s income tax by more than a century. It’s also, by a wide margin, the least…
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Complexity is the enemy of affordability, and cars have an affordability problem. An automobile has always been a big investment, but now, more than ever, the problems come once the car leaves the dealer’s lot. While an out-of-warranty repair or a minor collision was once somewhat affordable to fix, even…
Ask most Americans what the Coast Guard does, and the answer stops at helicopter rescues. That’s real, and it’s the most visible part of the job, but it’s a fraction of what the smallest of the six armed services is actually responsible for on any given day. By law, the…
The 2000s was a critical time for the gaming industry. The monstrously successful PlayStation 2 arrived in 2000, with Microsoft’s first Xbox system and Nintendo’s iconic GameCube launching in North America the following year. This set the stage for a console generation marked by a fascinating three-way competition, and of…
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President Donald Trump’s pick to lead U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency told senators Thursday that his experience working with cyber intelligence in the Indo-Pacific qualifies him to serve in the dual-hatted role, though he notably stopped short of directly endorsing policy proposals for more aggressive cyber responses…
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HONOLULU—The military balance is “shifting dramatically and rapidly” in the Indo-Pacific, and “provocative military activities are intensifying” in the western and southern Pacific, Japan’s minister of defense said this week.“The boundary lines between peacetime and contingency, between military and non military, between truth and fake news, these are no longer…
Enough Republican U.S. senators flipped to President Donald Trump during a vote on Wednesday that at least in the meantime has handed the White House a major victory as scrutiny over the United States’ direct involvement in Venezuela remains ongoing.The Senate narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Wednesday that…
MeatEater is proud to introduce Mark Kenyonn as our new Director of Conservation.“As a lifelong hunter, angler, and father of two young boys, I view the future of wildlife and wild places as a very personal issue. So when Steve asked me to join MeatEater, back in 2017, the opportunity…
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Ben Gross received quite the surprise recently when letters started arriving at his home that he penned way back in 1952. Gross, 95, is a Korean War veteran. He was shocked and amused recently to be reunited with letters he sent home while in Korea that had been separated and mistakenly…
