The Indianapolis 500 is the biggest auto race of the year, attracting a crowd in excess of 250,000 people. But the weatherman was calling for a better-than-average chance of thunderstorms. Racing is an unpredictable sport to begin with, but throw ...
Individually, they're SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Raiders, PJs, and Controllers. But collectively, we tend to call them operators. Technically that term should be reserved for those who've made it into the ranks of the elite Tier 1 units, but ...
There are more rumors and myths floating around about the Central Intelligence Agency then there are actual facts. “The Agency” or “The Company” is charged with preempting threats and furthering national security objectives by collecting and ...
Pepsi or Coke. Beef Ravioli MRE or Chili with Beans MRE. Pineapple on pizza: awesome or awful? Some of these ongoing debates can be settled by insanity level — like the weirdos who like pineapple pizza. However, the cold-versus-hot-brew-coffee debate ...
Former U.S. Navy SEAL Jack Carr came out of the shadows after many years in the special operations community to release his debut novel “The Terminal List,” which features fictional former Navy SEAL James Reece going on the warpath after his family ...
Whether you’re in the woods, on the trail, or camping in your backyard, summer insects are a fact of the outdoor life. They can range from mildly annoying to seriously dangerous, but with proper care, it’s relatively easy to reduce the risk. While a ...
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” won Best Picture and six other Oscar nods from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences at the 1958 Academy Awards. What the film did not win was the respect and admiration from members of the Far East Prisoners ...
The world of special operations is a mystery to many. This is even more true for the elite operators at the “Tier 1” level: their units aren’t officially listed by the Department of Defense, and their personnel are carefully selected from only the ...
The job of an athlete is often romanticized. What the general public sees on television is only a glimmer of reality. Everyone can probably agree that athletes conquer many physical barriers to reach their goals, but it is almost impossible to grasp ...
1. Waging War The United States military is exceptionally good at waging war. Not necessarily winning wars, but we’ll damn sure give it the old junior college try until we’ve either gotten to the point of total victory or prolonged multi-decade ...
To hike on a battlefield is to hike through history. The artillery pieces used for bombardments are silent now, either used as decoration or removed entirely. In many places, in fact, the signs of the bygone conflict are hard to see.Hiking is a ...
“Weather guy” doesn’t sound like a particularly badass job on first inspection. For those unfamiliar with the U.S. Air Force’s Special Operations Weather Teams, it may not sound like the sort of thing that takes much courage or daring. But ...
He’s taught you how to be an operator, how to work out like an operator, and even how to be an American. You’ve probably listened to his infamous rap battles and maybe even downloaded one of his chart-topping singles. And now, with the upcoming ...
The air was cool and the ground wet on the evening of Monday, May 19, as thousands of police officers from around the country gathered on the National Mall for a candlelight vigil. The mood was somber, and it seemed nearly every person in attendance ...
The heat hits me like a solid hand, buffeting my entire body as I open the door of the cabin, stepping out of the air-conditioned interior of the ferry and onto the deck. It’s hot enough to suck the air from my lungs. I start sweating almost ...
anbij wasn’t necessarily safe so much as it was stable. Or maybe just quiet ... for the time being. Kurdish forces backed by the American military successfully drove out the Islamic State in 2016, with a relative calm following. The small northern ...
Three years and five months spent in the Malayan jungle battling typhus, pneumonia, blackwater fever, cerebral malaria — two weeks of which was spent in a coma — represent half of the battles British commando Freddy Spencer Chapman faced during his ...
If the journey Benjamin Breckheimer begins today is successful, he’ll be the first Purple Heart recipient to have climbed all of the famed Seven Summits. Alaska’s Denali, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level, is the highest mountain ...
On Jan. 3, 2010, Senior Airman Bradley Smith earned a Silver Star, but he would not be alive to accept it two years later.As a part of the 10th Air Support Operations Squadron, a U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) supporting a ...
Adolf Hitler killed himself on April 30, 1945, but his death didn’t bring an end to the fighting of World War II or the work that had to be done. While many German units were standing down, Allied troops fought German holdouts right up until ...
dead reckoning (ded ˈrek(ə)niNG) noun — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled, rather than astronomical observation. (Collins English Dictionary) While most associate “dead reckoning” with seafaring ...
Most Americans recognize Cinco de Mayo by drinking margaritas and eating tacos. Today, it’s a celebration of Mexican culture — and it’s a much bigger deal in America than in Mexico. Though many Americans mistake Cinco de Mayo for Mexico’s ...
In America, many people believe that Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day. That’s a few months off. The actual Independence Day for Mexico is September 16, which commemorates the beginning of the war against Spain to end its oppressive power and ...
From April 12 to 14, 2019, 54 two-man teams competed in the 36th annual David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition for 60 continuous hours of running, shooting, ruck marches, and climbing. The teams came from across the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and ...
Every May, on the second Sunday of the month, the United States celebrates mothers. But especially notable are mothers who accomplish a balancing act that few among the national population can imagine — serving in the military while also acting as ...
The U.S. Army has just revamped the promotion system for noncommissioned officers (NCOs). The days of waiting for your time to be selected for promotion are over. The Army has scrapped sequence numbers, which display how long an NCO has been serving ...
Many country music stars have a reputation for not being quite as country as their work might suggest. Tim Montana is not one of them.Tim Montana went from being raised off the grid in the backwoods of Montana to country music stardom. You might ...
Sometimes a day hike or a weekend backpacking trip isn’t enough. If you’re feeling the call of the wild — that urge to be outside and survive in the elements for an extended period of time — you’ll want to consider long trails meant for ...
While many movies have been made about battles in the current Global War on Terror and the controversial Vietnam War, few offer a glimpse into the Persian Gulf War and its lesser-known engagements. You’d have to dig even deeper for significant ...
On the official first day of the 2019 NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, President Donald Trump took the stage at the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum.Trump began by taking a few shots at the media before ...
