American soldiers dug foxholes into the ridgeline at Djebel Chambi. They had only arrived in North Africa a few weeks ago and faced light resistance from Vichy French troops. The infamous Afrika Korps under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had just launched a massive offensive the day prior. The Americans knew…
For more than 40 years, Fernando Cota’s final resting place was Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. The Vietnam War Army veteran was buried there after dying by suicide in 1984. But after Cota’s grizzly past came to light, and under a new federal law, the convicted rapist…
The ProblemYou are an experienced shooter with multiple instructor certifications. You have been teaching classes successfully for the last several years and recently decided that it was time to seek an advanced concealed-carry certification. Recently, a colleague made you aware that a national training organization would be conducting a multi-day…
As the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War veteran population ages, fitting tributes and special programs honoring their service have become more prevalent in recent years. A Way to Say Thank YouWhile it’s well deserved, the honors sometimes leave a younger generation of veterans, specifically soldiers from the post-9/11…
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Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New York Harbor. The blast registered as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake and was felt 90 miles away in Philadelphia. Windows shattered from Times Square to Brooklyn.…
Steiner Optics just launched its latest laser aiming module, the new ATLAS (Advanced Tactical Laser Aiming System). The Steiner ATLAS combines both visible and infrared laser beams to assist with aiming and other night vision related duties. In addition to the laser devices, the Steiner ATLAS also includes a long…
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GRITR has just unveiled a new product line of precision engineered red-dot sight optics mounting plates to fit several makes and models of popular striker fired carry and duty guns including the Walther PDP family, the Glock MOS, the slimline Glock MOS, the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield and the…
00:00:05 Speaker 1: On this New Year’s Eve, I’d like to go back into the Bear Grease archives to a unique standalone episode about Southern comedian Jerry Clower. Something about the holidays can make us nostalgic, and I’ve been thinking about this one, which originally aired a March twenty third,…
There’s a divide within the Space Force. Congress is forcing the service to address it The new service was supposed to meld the “tribes” of operators and acquisition specialists. It didn’t happen.December 11, 2025 | Thomas NovellyTrump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a…
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