FNS-9 Contest Entry: It’s Not About the Gun, It’s About the Person
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pibhc3JGh90
By Crystal X.
I think every gun owner has had a moment of self-doubt, a moment when they’ve questioned their reasons for owning guns. Do we buy gun after gun for that fleeting feeling of...
Brits: We Are Not Wimping-Out in Afghanistan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqc_Q0XLW2Q
Western troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan raises the inevitable question: what was that all about? Whether or not we leave a lasting legacy in the country found in South Asia, Central Asia and to some extent,...
Lawyers, Pols May Drag Army Into New Rifle Kicking and Screaming
The Army put the brakes on their individual carbine competition last week. They'd been conducting ongoing trials to find a replacement for the M4/M16 that have been the main battle rifles for over 50...
Question of the Day: What’s the Ideal Pickup Truck – Machine Gun Combo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U3xKDvjM8U
Whether you're in Mogadishu or Aleppo it's catch-as-catch-can in rebel fighting land. You find a heavy machine gun, secure some ammo, weld the thing onto a pickup truck and it's Allahu Akbar all day long. Assuming you...
FNS-9 Contest Entry: Iraq – A Laboratory of Gun Control
By Ryan
I served in the US Army during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. After the invasion, my Military Police unit spent over a year rebuilding, restructuring, and manning five Iraqi Police stations in...
No Women Infantrymen Until 2015. If Ever.
Women soldiers, guns, combat? Oorah! Or not. Not until 2015 anyway. The Defense Department's released the U.S. military services’ and U.S. Special Operations Command’s plans for "implementing women into previously closed positions." There's a plan...
Arming Syrian Rebels: A Point Worth Repeating
Nick's recent post about the Obama Administration's decision to arm Syrian "rebels" resonated in my thinkenator. "These guns (at the moment, only small arms like AK pattern rifles, not including anti-tank or anti-air missiles) will be handed...
Stupid Syrian Gun Trick of the Day: Anti-Aircraft Edition
You may recall that we ran a What Could Possibly Go Wrong post on a Syrian sniper who violated the first rule of what to do after you shoot at a tank (hint: change...
The Coolest Video You’ll See Today: The Twilight Tear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Spb--Iqocw
Along with the British Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang was one of the most beautiful (not to mention fast, maneuverable and deadly) flying machines ever to take to the skies. This particular plane, the Twilight...
Boeing: Soldiers Heart Unmanned Apaches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0syubvTBKK0
Boeing's been hawking the Apache Guardian as the combat soldier's BFF ever since ever. With its ability to control unmanned aerial vehicles, the AH-64E variant is one helicopter to rule them all. Speaking of rulers, here we...
Harriet Tubman: Abolitionist, Bad-Ass
Reader Donald Moore posted this on our MyFace page:
Discussed this morning during a House Committee to create a National Historic Park in her honor. (HB) Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross; 1820 – March 10,...
Sixty-Nine Years Ago Today in Normandy . . .
June 6, 2013 marks the 69th anniversary of "Operation Overlord" - the D-Day invasion where more than 160,000 allied troops landed on a 50-mile stretch of French Coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the...