Army Leaders: Next Generation Command and Control ‘Ready to Scale’

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army announced July 29 it is ready to scale Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) across the force during a media roundtable at the end of Project Convergence-Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California. NGC2 replaces legacy, fragmented Army C2 systems – which focused on s...

By Eric G

War Stories: Five Shermans Shot Out From Under Him

I used to love working at the VA hospital. Just like everything Uncle Sam does, the Veterans Administration is bloated, inefficient, and frustrating. However, back when I worked there as a physician we still had a proper crop of World War II veterans who needed inpatient care. That was Candyland ...

By Will Dabbs, MD

Army-Industry Collaboration Advances Counter-UAS Technology

FORT A.P. Hill, Va. — As the war in Ukraine and ongoing global conflicts demonstrate, the rapid proliferation of agile, armed unmanned aircraft systems has fundamentally transformed modern warfare. In direct alignment with the Secretary of War’s guiding principles of urgency, speed, efficienc...

By Eric G

MARSOC: Automated Armory Collaboration Event

Picture Perfect Accountability SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), will host a collaboration event on 17 September 2026, to identify innovative technologies and technical approaches that modernize serialized ground ordnance accountability. The...

By Eric G

PGM Ludis, Single-Shot Precision Rifle Made Simple

Say “bonjour” to an upgraded French rifle! PGM Précision's Ludis arrives as a deliberate bet on a specific shooter profile: the long-range competitor or sport shooter who doesn't need a magazine, doesn't need semiauto capability, and doesn't need the feature...

By Eric B

The MR07 Mount Returns: Major Kong Industries MisterSeven

Surefire’s long-discontinued MR07 light mount for the 1911 is back, in a manner of speaking. Major Kong Industries is now selling a reproduction model  of this sought-after retro 1911 part. Keep reading for all the details.

By Daniel Y

Ichord Report: What If Congress Had Let the M16 Die?

“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” – Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. Parts of this Marine’s letter was read by Rep. James J. Howard (...

By Robert A. Sadowski
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