Jon B. Becker distills lessons from a career working alongside elite teams to give a practical blueprint for building high-performance cultures APRIL 1, 2026 | LOS ANGELES, CA — In Culture First: 9 Leadership Practices That Build Elite Teams, released today on Amazon, Jon B. Becker draws o...
Editor’s Note: This article is strictly the opinion of the author and is for informational purposes only. Avoid potential threats and danger whenever possible. Please seek qualified training. In my article about how to survive a home invasion robbery, I wrote about moving to safe areas of your ...
Authorities have returned Gabriel Metcalf’s shotgun and ammunition after the Ninth Circuit ordered dismissal of his Billings, Montana Gun-Free School Zones Act case.
KIRO 7’s reporting on a King County bus arrest changed quickly, moving from “military machine gun” language to a description that suggested the firearm was actually a .22-caliber replica.
HARTFORD, CT – A federal judge in Connecticut has upheld the ban on carrying firearms inside United States post offices, creating a direct split among federal courts on a Second Amendment question that may ultimately need to be resolved by the Supreme Court. As reported by The Reload, U.S. ...
Reliable communication used to be the first thing you lost the moment you stepped away from the grid. Once your cell signal faded, you were effectively on your own. Starlink, and now the Starlink Mini, have changed that reality in a way that is nothing short of game-changing. In a compact, packab...
Maximizing accuracy and performance seems to be a white whale we all chase. We want the shortest package with a minimal footprint to reach out to 500 and beyond with ease. But we still want to run the rifle fast at closer targets. For this scenario, the low power variable optic (LPVO) h...
Early spring crept into the North Carolina highlands, and our crew settled in for a long weekend with Search and Rescue teams while we taught a wilderness survival course. We pushed hard from first light to dusk, grabbed quick lunches, then circled the fire each night for real food. Winter still ...
During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Yamato was feared due to its immense size and power. She was the most heavily armed battleship ever built, with nine 18.1-inch (460mm) main guns, the largest ever mounted on a warship. Each shell weighed nearly 1.5 tons and had a range i...
The VSS Vintorez emerged during the late Cold War as part of a highly specialized Soviet effort to develop a quiet, compact rifle capable of delivering accurate fire without revealing the shooter’s position. Designed in the 1980s at the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (T...