Vertx is known across the outdoors and firearms industries for their intelligently-designed packs, which vary from backpacks, fanny packs, and even cross-body chest packs. All of which could be deployed for concealed carry or long hikes out in the field. What people sometimes overlook is their ot...
Fast access to mission-critical items starts with where you carry them. The FirstSpear E+R WAIST BAG is a lightweight, purpose-built waist pack engineered to keep tourniquets, eye protection, and essential gear immediately accessible without adding bulk to the loadout. It mounts directly to an As...
CAMP GRUBER TRAINING CENTER, Okla. — Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers put their tactics, techniques and procedures to the test during Exercise Thunderstruck 3.0, an unmanned systems-centered exercise at Camp Gruber Training Center Sept. 12. This year’s iteration of the annual exercise trained...
The world of defensive-style shooting has long been filled with controversy and differences of opinion. One point we might all agree on is that the road to success involves putting decisive hits on an adversary in the shortest possible time. But how we achieve this has been open to debate for yea...
CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan, Sept. 15, 2026 — Gallatin AI deployed its AI/ML sustainment decision-support application, Navigator, in support of the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division during Exercise Yama Sakura 91. Throughout the two-week exercise, Navigator’s AI-enabled predict...
The cadre presence company of Austria's Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 tackled a scenario straight out of modern hybrid warfare doctrine: an enemy force seizes critical infrastructure and must be expelled without destroying it. For two weeks in August, 130 soldiers drilled this complex balancin...
A Sacramento deputy shot and killed a knife attacker who was stabbing a 63-year-old mother and her daughter in a Diablo Drive garage. Read the original story: Good Guy With a Gun: Sacramento Deputy Shoots and Kills Knife Attacker Who Was Actively Stabbing 26-Year-Old Daughter After She Pulled Him...
Quantum Systems is expanding into the maritime domain, connecting autonomous operations above and below the waterline with its existing capabilities in the air and on land. With the launch, the company introduces Seavex and Subvex, its first two maritime systems designed for persistent surveillan...
An underrated critical skill is the ability to zero your guns correctly. We'll dive into how you zero a pistol and what range to zero is best for you.
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