The Japanese seized the Caroline Islands in Micronesia in 1914, and established a naval base on the island of Truk within it in 1939. As the primary anchorage for the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 4th Fleet, Truk was soon transformed into a fortress. Truk seemed the perfect spot. Offering a natural ...
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry on the body to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going e...
Most rod series take one action and stretch it across a handful of lengths and line weights. Hardy went the other direction with Tactus, a new eight-rod light-line collection broken into two dedicated families: one built for technical dry-fly work and one built for modern Euro nymphing. Both were...
Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner . Last week, we talked about ways someone can build skills at the range specifically for carrying concealed. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here to check it out. This week, I wanted to look at some of...
James Talarico said “Absolutely” to banning commonly owned firearms. Now the NRA is putting his gun-ban agenda before Texas voters in a new Senate campaign ad.
Benchmade has announced a new hunting knife collection with the debut of SlipRidge, which features three new blade options that are a must-add to any hunter’s kit. Blending beautiful design with rugged utility, the SlipRidge collection could be your next trusted companion for tasks big and...
A Georgia DoorDash driver walked away after being shoved. When the man returned, threatened to take his car and gun, and attacked him through the driver’s door, he fought back. Deputies call it “a clear case of self-defense.”
At approximately 0700 on August 12, 2012, inside a military compound along the Helmand River in Afghanistan, an explosion lifted Marine Raider Prime Hall from his seat at a picnic table and sent him flying against a concrete wall. The rising sun had just started to reveal terrain, its light gradu...
A 77-year-old Baker County woman feeding stray cats shot and killed a 57-year-old man who pushed her into her car and kept assaulting her. Read the original story: 77-Year-Old Woman Out Feeding Stray Cats at 4:30 A.M. Shoots and Kills Man Who Pushed Her Into Her Car and Kept Assaulting Her Outsid...