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• The Coast Guard Should Stop Selling Jobs June 18, 2026
  By Bruce D. Kowal, AUXOP, USCG Auxiliary In June 2025, the United States Coast Guard released its Force Design 2028 Execution Plan, an ambitious strategic blueprint that includes a commitment to grow the uniformed workforce by 15,000 members by the end of 2028. The plan calls for investment in recruiting incentives, marketing outreach, and personnel […]
  Special Guest
• Everything SOF Does Is “Fantasy”—Until It Happens June 17, 2026
  A Rebuttal to the “Fantasy Iran Commando Option” Argument A criticism of a potential US special operations raid against Iranian nuclear infrastructure published by the Cato Institute dismissed the idea as “fantasy.” That criticism misunderstands both the purpose of special operations forces (SOF) and the history of modern warfare. The uncomfortable truth is that many […]
  Charles Faint
• I Didn’t Feel Like a Veteran June 17, 2026
  It was Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Standing on the fantail, I watched the patchy, silvered overcast roll down out of the snow-frosted mountains. Their peaks looked especially foreboding and hostile that morning. At least they did when I could see them. Half the time, they were shrouded in mist that clung like a ground fog, […]
  K.C. Aud
• The Northeast Is Losing Its Gunmakers June 17, 2026
  From Lexington to Exit Signs: How the Northeast’s Gun Laws Are Driving Firearms Manufacturers Away For generations, New England was synonymous with American firearms manufacturing. The names Colt, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Ruger, and countless smaller companies were woven into the economic and cultural fabric of the Northeast. Today, however, a growing number of firearms […]
  Dave Chamberlin
• They Bought Both Sides June 16, 2026
  There was a time when Americans were told the country was split between left and right, as if citizenship were a booth at a county fair and democracy came with two sad dipping sauces. Pick a team, buy the hat, hate your neighbor, and pretend you’re participating in self-government while a pharmaceutical lobbyist parks a […]
  Tammy Pondsmith