If you think the Air Force Reserve just chills on the sidelines, you just might want to read on. As reservists, along with their active-duty cohorts, prepare to ring in the Air Force’s birthday, it seems fitting to point out some of the major moments the Reserve has been involved…

Lt. Col. James Harvey had one wish for much of his Air Force career. He wanted the 332nd Fighter Group — the Tuskegee Airmen — to be recognized for winning the Air Force’s first-ever aerial gunnery competition. “We were the original ‘Top Gun,'” he told AARP Studios. “Our competitors didn’t…

Stand Your Ground laws are good things. However, thanks to the media hype around them, many seem to have the wrong impression of what the laws protect and what they don’t. For example, it means a DA can’t come behind you and decide you could…

If, as expected, the Supreme Court strikes down bans on so-called assault weapons when it issues its verdict in Viramontes v. Cook County next year, the gun control lobby isn’t just going to give up on its efforts to make AR-15s and other centerfire semi-automatic long guns inaccessible to we…

Former U.S. Coast Guard contractor Peter Souders is allowed to proceed with his First Amendment lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming he was fired over posts related to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Sounders, an engineer and project manager for government contractor Advanced Concepts Enterprises Inc. (ACES)…

The life of an active duty member of the military can be a dangerous one, and not just on a battlefield. The emotional, mental and physical scars can last for years, even a lifetime. But what happens when an individual experiences life, death and life again, from one moment to…

Everytown for Gun Safety is not the organization I’d go to for practical advice on using a firearm. They’re not big fans of you even owning one, much less pulling the trigger, and it’s only a matter of time before they actually admit it. But…

At the young age of 104, Vicki Herrel can look back on an interesting and full life with some remarkable chapters of American aviation history. She helped build military aircraft as a teenager during World War II, joined the Navy’s WAVES and transported troops across the United States before getting…

A U.S. Army veteran who served as one of three men on the 12-person jury in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachussetts said nothing in his military background prepared him for the intense, closed-door deliberations. The trial captivated the nation. Clancy and her defense team did not dispute…

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It was Feb. 29 during the leap year of 2024 when Steven Strohmaier was deployed and took a photograph of a cutter. Little did he know that more than two years later, his image would be featured on over 10 million U.S. Postal Service stamps. Petty Officer 1st Class Strohmaier,…

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An Army physician selected by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to advise Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she is investigating whether thousands of service member deaths reported to a federal vaccine-safety database were caused by COVID-19 vaccines, an inquiry that rests on unverified reports and that the Pentagon’s own…

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TL;DR—The OODA Loop is a four-step decision cycle: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. Colonel John Boyd, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, developed it to explain why the pilot who reads the fight and moves first wins it. Observe and Orient are your situational awareness. Decide and Act are what you…

BEIRUT (AP) — Anthropic says Claude users in northern Yemen, territory controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, tried to use the AI model to develop advanced missiles. AI is already transforming warfare from Ukraine to Gaza, and its use on a rugged and remote battlefield is likely to increase concerns about…

Many people ask about how tough it is to become a Navy SEAL. The following article details the requirements starting with the physical fitness test for the Navy SEALs training program, known as BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs). Are you up to it? Navy SEAL PST Standards PST Event Minimum Standards…

After I decided to write about my newfound respect and admiration for revolvers on Thursday, I started thinking about carry guns in a way I haven’t for quite a while. Nothing groundbreaking, but I wanted to see what my fellow Bearing Arms folks carry and hear from them about…

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