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Blue Angels commander calls beach flyover ‘unsafe’

The commander of the Navy’s elite Blue Angels demonstration team confirmed Thursday that a flyover of a crowded beach the day before was “unsafe” by the team’s safety standards. Jet blast from the pass on Wednesday over a Pensacola, Florida beach sent chairs and umbrellas tumbling, according to a Navy spokesperson.The team leader’s comments came the morning after the pass. Later in the day, senior civilian military leaders began circulating social media posts that celebrated the low flyover.“The

Navy orders removal of commanders’ portraits, bios, on service websites

The Navy will no longer host portraits and biography of ship or installation commanders on its websites, citing personnel security concerns.These official pictures and biographies, hosted on Navy websites and social media pages, create an “elevated risk” for officers and their families, according to a Navy administrative notice, or NAVADMIN. Specifically, the directive regards officers and sailors ranks O-9 or below who specifically serve as commanding officers, executive officers, chiefs of sta

Army helicopter pilots to take solo flights in training for first time in decades

Army pilots are taking solo flights in civilian airspace as part of flight school for the first time in years, officials said.Starting Wednesday, student pilots at the Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, began conducting solo cross-country flights, which involved taking off from one airport and landing at another, officials announced this week.The flight school puts 1,300 students through the course every year, which can cause the instruction to become “very choreog

Olight ArkPro Ultra review: The perfect 4-in-1 EDC flashlight

A slim yet powerful flashlight and laser built for any situation.

Septem Launches HUNT on Kickstarter: Could This Tiny EDC Flashlight Be the Smartest Tool on Your Keychain?

The HUNT H2 is a keychain-sized EDC flashlight built for those awkward moments when your phone torch just won't do the job. Maybe you're trying to find a dropped screw under the sofa. Perhaps the ...

Walmart's Ozark Trail Brand Makes a $15 Survival Kit With 10 Essential Outdoor Tools

It even includes an emergency blanket, which can be used in dozens of ways.

Air Force’s new basic training takes shape as recruits work on real planes

For decades, new recruits joining the Air Force have left their hometowns and taken commercial flights to San Antonio, Texas, home of the service’s boot camp for all enlisted troops.But perhaps oddly for a military branch built on aviation, that final civilian flight to Texas was the only exposure to a real airplane an Air Force recruit could expect for months or even years. Instead, the experience of Air Force boot camp, which the service calls Basic Military Training, or BMT, has traditionally

Army stands up new PSYOP Company focused on Africa

The Army’s newest psychological operations unit will be focused on Africa, as the United States shifts away from direct combat against militants on the continent.On Wednesday, July 15, the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) officially activated Delta Company, 7th Psychological Operations Battalion. The new company will assist the battalion in its psychological operations mission under U.S. Africa Command. According to the Army, Delta Company, or “Drongo Company,” as it is already

Walmart's Ozark Trail brand makes a gigantic $39 ripstop duffel that looks like it can take a beating

Users say it's "very comparable" to more expensive brands that make duffels we love, some of which are 4x the price.

14 Bar Accessories For Those Who Love To Party But Can't Right Now

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17 Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely, Extremely Dark And Terrifying Stories I Learned Recently

He pulled out a plastic bag containing a woman's severed...

People From Other Countries Are Sharing The American Problems That Shock Them Most, And These 27 Are Wild

"You have your good and bad, but your bad really outshines your good":

The Average Adult Doesn't Have A Big Enough Vocabulary To Pass, But How Well Can You Do On This Word Test?

Synonym Sprint #30! Let's see if your brain can handle this.

Since There Are Actually A LOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Of Big Movies Coming Out This Summer, Plan A Movie Night And I'll Tell You Which One To Go See

How many "Star Wars" movies are there anyway?

Morgan Wallen Is Being Slammed Over This Viral Video Of Him Throwing Someone’s Cellphone Across The Stage — And Now The Fan Has Shared Footage Of What Happened Next

"I have been wanting to see him so bad but suddenly it doesn’t appeal to me anymore."

Predator Void – A free browser-based stealth survival game

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Show HN: NestForge, true-shape nesting in the browser, every layout re-verified

I come at this from the software side, not the workshop side. I kept seeing laser and plasma people complain about nesting tools that crash on real-world DXF exports or quietly produce layout they didn't fully trust, so I built NestForge: a true-shape nesting studio that runs entirely client-side (Rust compiled to WASM), with one design decision I'd like feedback onThe core idea: the optimizer is never trusted. After nesting, a second, independently implemented validator re-checks the

Walmart's Ozark Trail label makes a $30 survival kit with 21 essential pieces of outdoor gear

Flashlight… check! Rope… check! EDC knife… check!

Barracks air conditioning restored for about 4,000 Hawaii soldiers

Air conditioning has been restored to barracks for about 4,000 soldiers assigned to bases in Hawaii after some of the mechanical issues at a local water treatment plant were fixed, an Army official told Task & Purpose on Thursday.“We are tracking a couple of isolated cases where condensation leaks have been found but the systems are holding and the team is knocking out any remaining issues,” said Nathan Wilkes, a spokesman for U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii.Garrison officials turned off water-coo

Pentagon’s testosterone program builds on ‘operator syndrome’ worries in special operations

The Pentagon announced that service members will get access to testosterone replacement therapy. Experts say that treating health issues associated with hormonal deficiencies is more complex than giving troops access to straight testosterone, which comes with its own risks.On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that routine annual health assessment for troops over 30 would now include testosterone screening, which younger troops could also request. In a video posted to X, Hegseth