Author: Jack Bogart

One of the great pleasures of exploring the backcountry by taking roads less traveled is spending time enjoying the serenity and grandeur of Mother Nature. That time outdoors is enhanced when off-road adventures include camping off the grid in a trailer, protected from the elements and reenergized by a sound night’s sleep. That’s where custom-designed, ruggedly built, off-road teardrop, pop-up tent trailers, and full-bodied campers have become extremely popular over the last decade.  Outdoor explorers of all ages embrace taking remote backroads and 4×4 trails deep into the deserts, high in the mountains, through thick forests, or other remote locations…

By Will Dabbs, MD Posted in #Guns Private Dwayne Hicks sat in an expansive classroom alongside the rest of his platoon of newly minted boots. Each Marine had a well-used Pulse Rifle sitting on the table in front of them. The weapons were clean enough to be used as surgical implements and smelled vaguely of CLP. Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Madman” McGehee stepped to the front of the class carrying his own Pulse Rifle as though it was something with which he had been born. Holding the weapon at arm’s length, he said, “I want to introduce you…

“Doctrine is the Army’s expert body of knowledge. It serves as the starting point for organizations and leaders to think about and conduct operations based on current capabilities and executable by forces currently in existence. It is dynamic and continuously evolves based on lessons learned in current operations and training, adaptive enemies, and shifts in force structure, technology, and social values. Doctrine is the language of the Army professional.”– U.S. Army Combined Arms Center I want to talk about doctrine. I intend to focus on current and future challenges for U.S. Army doctrine specifically, and will provide a couple of…

Reptilia Adds a New Colorway: AR10 PULLER in Flat Dark Earth Hillsborough, NC – June 2026 – Reptilia is pleased to announce the release of the AR10 PULLER Ambidextrous Charging Handle in Flat Dark Earth (FDE), expanding the company’s popular charging handle lineup with a new color option for AR10 rifle platforms. Designed to provide reliable manipulation without unnecessary bulk, the PULLER Charging Handle features a low-profile, fully ambidextrous design engineered for shooters who demand durability, simplicity, and performance. Precision machined from billet 7075-T6 aluminum and finished with MIL-STD Type III hardcoat anodizing, the PULLER is built to withstand hard…

These days, upgrading your AR-15 trigger is easy, but is it always a good idea?Back in the not-so-good old days, triggers for ARs were crappy. All we had were mil-surplus parts or whatever Colt deigned to send us. The mil-spec was “anything under 7 or 8 pounds was good, anything under 6 was unsafe.”So, of course, we went through all kinds of work to improve triggers.Now? Really, you have to ask?Triggers now come in two types and two flavors (I’m leaving out the forced-reset triggers because I’m not a fan): “packet” triggers and parts triggers.Plug and PressPacket triggers (sometimes called…

George and Sara are back with their whole-show blitz video. I had the opportunity to spend time with them both at Blade Show, especially Sara. I had only ever spoken briefly with her in the past. Rumors are we may be covering a project that she has in the works. (Hmm…) Read the full article here

H. Clay Aalders is a lifelong edged tool user. He spent the past 20 years as a woodworker and fishing guide in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Tennessee. While guiding in Idaho, Clay worked part-time writing for a local newspaper, and upon moving to Tennessee began writing for the blog The Truth About Knives – spending his last 5 years there as Managing Editor. His background is in fixed-blade hunting and bushcraft knives, but has jumped into the world of vintage slipjoint collecting with both feet since coming to work at Knife Magazine. Clay’s primary role is as Digital…

As the years go on the BLADE Magazine Knife Of The Year® Awards only get sharper. The 2026 chapter, held during the June 5-7 BLADE Show at the Cobb Convention Center, is a case in point. Hosting another massive field in the factory knife competition, the contest drew roughly the same number of entries as last year (350-400), with hundreds of blades vying for the title of “Best” in their respective categories. Add in the fact that production knives are reaching an unimaginable height in both design and manufacturing quality, and the event was as tight as ever. The winners…

Last Friday, just as Blade Show 2026 kicked off, GiantMouse launched a Kickstarter for its next folding knife release, the Pontius. It’s a collaboration piece that approaches the core GiantMouse values from a fresh perspective. But a collaboration with who? Chris Pontius, an adventurous soul best known for his time on the television show Jackass – that’s right, he’s that Chris Pontius, also known as Party Boy. Evidently, in addition to being a great dancer and general daredevil, Pontius is a dyed-in-the-wool knife nut: his IG feed consists of a not-insignificant amount of knife appreciation vids, and, in addition to…

CPE ISW – Change of Charter – Brigadier General Kevin S. Chaney to Mr. Chris P. Manning. From left to right: Brigadier General Kevin S. Chaney, Mr. Joseph D. Welch (Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Command and Control and Counter-Command and Control), Mr. Chris P. Manning In a ceremony at Aberdeen Proving Ground on June 9, Brig. Gen. Kevin Chaney passed the leadership torch of Capability Program Executive Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (CPE ISW) to Chris Manning, former Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for Command and Control (C2) and Counter C2.  Chaney had taken over as CPE, formerly Program Executive Offe Intelligence,…