The Army made a significant change to how it handles failed Tuition Assistance and Credentialing Assistance courses. Soldiers who incur two recoupment actions within the same fiscal year — meaning they owe money back because a TA- or CA-funded course wasn’t completed or passed — are now automatically suspended from…

An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed lower court decisions that found a pair of regulations imposed on gun buyers in Hawaii to be facially incompatible with the Second Amendment.  One of the laws in question gives handgun buyers…

President Donald Trump said his administration is seeking “a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba,” which he described as “an absolutely failed state” that “will fall” during a speech Tuesday at a United Nations gathering of world leaders in New York. Trump said Cuba is “under great pressure, the…

I like doctors just fine, but I’m not overly fond of the various organizations that speak for doctors. The American Medical Association has been on my crap list for years, for example, because they routinely step into anti-gun arguments and don’t know what they’re talking about. They see the…

The Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed the non-hostile death of a U.S. Army officer who was supporting ongoing operations in Iran. A defense official reportedly told Task & Purpose that the female soldier died after suffering a medical incident on a military flight en route to Saudi Arabia on…

I’m glad to see felons have a chance to get their gun rights restored. On November 4, the DOJ will accept the first 5,000 applications from the general public, and I expect those slots will fill pretty quickly, assuming there will be slots or something. We still don’t know.…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing five people, officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely…

The recent opinion from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel finding the federal ban on handgun sales to adults younger than 21 unconstitutional appears to be having a positive effect on a lawsuit challenging the statute in question.  Earlier this year a federal judge in…

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Over 30,000 veterans’ sensitive health data was compromised after a cybersecurity breach took place at a genetic testing laboratory. News outlet FedScoop, citing an email a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official sent to congressional staff on Monday, reported that a cybersecurity incident at the company Baylor Genetics around June…

While I can get the issue some have with so-called Glock switches and those who use them, even if I disagree with it, the idea of banning the most popular model of handgun in the country is, to put it mildly, constitutionally dicey. That’s me trying to be nice,…

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will chair a new Homeland Defense advisory board. DefenseNews, citing a memo in the Federal Register Sept. 11, reported that the new board—known simply as the Homeland Defense Board—will provide “specific integrated advice” to Hegseth “regarding the military’s mission of defense.” Some 40 federal advisory…

When Memphis police showed up at Demarcus Collier’s home early Saturday morning, they found a suspected burglar with a gunshot wound and a homeowner who said he acted in self-defense.  Collier ended up under arrest, but not for shooting the man who allegedly indicated he…

Iranian law school applicants were abruptly locked out of testing and application services during the September LSAT administration after the Law School Admission Council interpreted new U.S. sanctions as prohibiting service to Iranian citizens or residents. The initial screening also caught some Iranian American and Iranian Canadian dual citizens living…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its latest missile tests involved a new weapons system of “great significance,” with photos indicating it launched a missile previously described as hypersonic. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the weapon’s development would strengthen the country’s war readiness and give…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced an insurance premium holiday they say will save veterans a collective sum of nearly $150 million. Beginning this November, eligible veterans enrolled in the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) will not have to pay insurance premiums for three months. VGLI is the…

For veterans such as Chip Hanson, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ MOVE! program has delivered results that extend far beyond a number on a scale. “The tools and tips from the program helped me to lose 35 pounds in six months,” Hanson said in a recent VA report highlighting veterans…

Active-duty service members and veterans are not always known for their culinary skills. After all, many spend more time serving our country than serving up a gourmet dish. But a traveling program called ‘Cowboy Kitchen’ is enlisting veterans from across the country, gathering them in one place to share their…

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“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”Those words are some of the most controversial in American history for some inane reason, but they are what they are, and you…