Author: Jack Bogart

As a major battleground in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Virginia is home to many important historical sites and public lands, with 22 areas managed by the National Park Service (NPS). Directly adjacent to the nation’s capital is also the world’s data center capital. As data center construction has exploded in Northern Virginia (NOVA), this technological and commercial development has butted up against historic battlefields and other public lands. Across the country, many local communities have organized to oppose data centers, and historic preservation and conservation organizations in these areas of Virginia have joined that fight. Here’s what’s behind the…

First responders in Phoenix are accustomed to frequent rescues of hikers, who often underestimate the Southwestern city’s infamous heat. But this weekend saw a hiker in need of emergency rescue for a very different reason: an attack from a swarm of bees. According to the Phoenix Fire Department, an unidentified hiker was near the summit of Lookout Mountain on Saturday morning when he was stung many times. In fact, first responders said the adult male was stung more than 100 times. The injuries were bad enough that he was unable to descend from the mountain without help. So Phoenix firefighters…

World’s First Inherent FR Blends Debut at Techtextil From 21 to 24 April at Techtextil in Frankfurt, Hall 9 Stand F03 will bring together textile manufacturing and specialist finishing expertise in one integrated offer. Carrington Textiles and Pincroft will present a co branded stand that unites fabric development, dyeing, printing and advanced flame retardant finishing under one roof. The focus for 2026 is the unveiling of an entirely new generation of inherent flame retardant fabrics, developed in collaboration with technologies including Lenzing FR and XLANCE®. The collection introduces proprietary blends that have not previously existed in the global textiles market.…

By Tom Laemlein Posted in #History At the National Museum of the United States Air Force, many visitors will see an unfamiliar aircraft at the entrance to the WWII gallery. The museum’s display of the gleaming silver fighter coded “86” on the fuselage, features a pilot boarding the plane in his pajamas, with an M1911 pistol belt fastened around his waist. That pilot was 2nd Lt. Philip M. Rasmussen of the 46th Pursuit Squadron, based at Wheeler Field on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. His aircraft was a Curtiss P-36A Hawk fighter, one of four that managed…

The Stio Skyrider gives homage to the brand’s Western heritage — and at less than half the price of Stio’s other ski jackets, it comes at a value. Many hardshells on the market look nearly identical to each other: sleek, technical, and potentially a little blocky. Not all, of course, but quite a few. But the Skyrider leans into a different vibe. With a slightly Western, workwear-inspired style and a textured canvas face fabric, it manages to feel both rugged and a little fun. After a week of testing across Aspen Snowmass — including downhill days at Aspen Mountain, Snowmass,…

I ran across this great article form the May-June, 1972, issue of Infantry Magazine by Lieutenant Colonel Larry S. Mickel. It concerns the history of the canteen cup, which was near and dear to many a Soldier’s heart from the majority of the 20th century. Here’s the text: The Army’s continuing search for a “better” canteen cup is reminiscent of Sir Gawain’s quest for the Holy Grail. Inthat respect, this chalice of infinite use has once again been modified to meet the fighting man’s standards. But before lauding its most recent modification, we should take a look at the developmental…

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FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last few years in recent conflicts has been a lot of drone activity and having to hide from and defeat thermal and drone systems,” said Staff Sgt. Brett Bollinger, a USASC instructor. “That’s what really drove us to develop these plans because those are the type of assets our near-peer adversaries are going to have in large-scale combat operations.” Bollinger further…

A supervisory engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division spent years building a jammer designed to defeat America’s own radars. The harder his team made it for friendly pilots to see through the jamming, the better they were doing their job. Then the question changed: what if the same system could jam the enemy? The system is Angry Kitten, an electronic warfare pod that NAWCWD engineers integrated and matured over a decade. Built to simulate hostile jamming during training, it is now headed to contested airspace as an offensive weapon, giving pilots a proven, government-owned jammer to suppress enemy…

By Jeremy Tremp Posted in #Skills You hear a bump in the night. Your thoughts are racing and you are groggy. What’s going on? Is it a family member? An intruder? Where is your gun and did you forget to lock the door? Are you prepared to fight? These are the last things we want to be thinking about in this scenario, under extreme stress. You should have a plan and know it to be prepared during moments such as this. As the saying goes, “Home is where the heart is.” Your home is your reprieve, your safe shelter,…