Prior to Friday, a woman assigned to Keesler Air Force Base — the largest military facility in Mississippi — who sought an abortion would need to drive 90 miles to New Orleans, the nearest clinic, according to a major database of abortion ...
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How East Germany Solved a Coffee Shortage
There aren’t enough words to adequately describe how much Germans love coffee. Drinking coffee is a long-standing tradition in Germany, where they are known to spend twice as much on coffee as they do on shoes. Even in the days of the communist ...
Going Public Doesn’t Change the Mission of Black Rifle Coffee Company
I could feel the tension as I walked into our impromptu San Antonio command center. We were preparing to announce our intention to go public the following day. My mind raced back and forth between what needed to be done right now and memories of the ...
From Iraq, With Love: Life as a Combat Reporter Caught in a Global Pandemic
I fucked up. That’s what I thought as I sat in Iraq with US troops in March 2020, confined to the air base at Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan with no going in or out. My friend’s apartment with the rest of my luggage was just a ...
First Female Combat Controller Graduates Grueling Three-Year Training Pipeline
For the first time, a woman has graduated from an Air Force Special Warfare pipeline, qualifying as a special tactics officer, or STO, the officer equivalent of the service's secretive combat control commandos. The woman's graduation marks a major ...
Authorities Praise Hospital Staffers for Confronting Armed Florida Woman
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Is the Ukraine War Going To Be America’s Next War?
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Prison Time for the Chicago Man Who Posed as Joker While Cop Car Burned
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How Leadership at BRCC Shifted From Government Service to Veteran Service
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US Sending Patrol Boats, More Rocket Systems to Ukraine in Latest Weapons Package
The US is sending Ukraine another $450 million in military aid, including advanced rocket systems, artillery rounds, and armed patrol boats, the Pentagon announced Thursday, June 23. The new pledge comes barely a week after the US promised to send ...
The World of Spycraft: 5 Essential Books About Spies and Secret Agents
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How a Florida Sheriff’s Detective Saved a Dog Breeder From Alleged Kidnappers, Burglars
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Piss Bag: A Tale of Pride and Bladders
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The End of War Brings Mixed Emotions — So, How Are You Feeling?
Don’t let this moment go to waste / you don’t know when the feeling will happen again. I can’t keep myself from repeating the lyrics in my mind. Like most veterans, I’ve been feeling a lot lately. The emotions seem to shift and bleed into each ...
Top 5 Ways To Have Fun During a Zombie Apocalypse
Survivalism is a popular topic these days. Come to think of it — all days, really. Countless books, magazines, manuals, movies, and reality TV shows exist that offer would-be survivors valuable knowledge should they find themselves in any type of ...
Max Federal Sentence for Career Convict Who Shot at Lawman
A career convict with a stolen pistol who fired at a North Carolina deputy got slapped with the max federal sentence. On Wednesday, June 22, in Raleigh, US District Judge James C. Dever ordered Rodriguez Antwon “Vito” Crudup to spend 10 years ...
WATCH: Disturbing Video Shows Atlanta VA Employee Beating Vietnam Veteran
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US Customs and Border Protection Operators Save Woman Crushed in Corolla
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‘In the Blood’: How Jack Carr Used His Time as a SEAL Sniper To Create His Most Action-Packed Book
Since Jack Carr’s debut novel The Terminal List first hit shelves in 2018, the retired Navy SEAL has released a sequel to his James Reece series of military thrillers annually. His latest, In the Blood, is on sale now, and Carr is upping the action. ...
Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo Placed on Administrative Leave
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Congress Eyes Gender-Neutral Fitness Standards for Combat Roles
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That Time San Francisco Firefighters Had To Rescue the Pole Dancers
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Did Crocodiles Really Eat Hundreds of Japanese Soldiers in World War II?
In January 1945, two infantry brigades from the Indian Army and a detachment of British commandos were dispatched to Ramree Island, the largest island off the coast of present-day Myanmar (then known as Burma). Somewhere between 1,200 and 1,500 ...
Lawyer: Army Too Harshly Punished Officer After Deadly Firing Range Accident
An Army officer sentenced to jail time for failing to enforce safety procedures at a firing range where a young soldier was fatally shot on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, represents a “terrible case of the Army throwing a young officer into the ...
Hot-Zone Heroes: South Carolina First Responders Prep To Save Mass Shooting Victims
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‘The Yank’: New Book Recounts Recon Marine’s Journey Into the IRA
The sun crested the horizon beyond South Armagh, Ireland, casting a sheet of pink and yellow light over the surrounding fields. Lying in the cold, wet grass, John Crawley rested his cheek against the buttstock of his rifle. A patrol of British ...
WATCH: Fighter Pilot Recounts Surviving Ejection at Mach 1.2
Floating in icy 5-foot swells, Air Force Capt. Brian Udell realized that he was probably going to die. Bloodied and broken, he managed to pull himself into a one-man inflatable raft with his one working arm before any sharks could arrive. He’d just ...
How Firefighters Battled a Fire Caused by a Damaged Lithium-Ion Tesla Battery
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US Navy Ships Fire Flares in Near Miss With Iranian Speed Boats
Three Iranian speed boats buzzed within 50 yards of a pair of US Navy ships, close enough that the Americans fired warning flares at the smaller vessels. The Iranian actions, which a statement from US Naval Forces Central Command called "unsafe ...
Army Captain Sentenced to Prison After Soldier Dies in Firing Range Incident
An Army officer has been sentenced to prison for failing to enforce safety procedures at a firing range where a young soldier died on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Capt. Christopher Peeples was convicted of dereliction of duty and sentenced to four ...