The U.S. Marine Corps announced that it is currently evaluating the newest entry into the long lineage of its combat utility uniforms.The newest iteration was designed with feedback from service members to provide lightweight material and an updated fit for future field training and military operations.“Equipment must evolve continuously to outpace near-peer technological advancements and deliver peak capabilities to the Fleet Marine Force,” said Todd Towles, clothing and equipment team lead.The next-generation combat utility uniform also incorporates a crotch gusset to increase comfort and durability, as well as more sizing options for a wider variety of body types.The Marine Corps is currently in the testing and user evaluation phase of the rollout.On Aug. 4 and 5, the service issued the recently produced uniforms to command staff, drill instructors and recruits from three platoons in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.Participants will wear the uniforms and provide their honest opinion at the end of a limited user evaluation period.The service also recently modernized how service members can access the guide for uniform standards.A new mobile app lets Marines check proper regulations for their outfit and grooming.Service members can toggle between different uniform categories, with descriptions that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The moving truck hasn’t even left the driveway. Somewhere, a scammer may already know three things about you: your name, your new address and something about your age. Maybe not your exact age, but potentially enough information to make you a more attractive target.Federal law sets specific rules for communities that qualify as housing for people 55 and older. One requirement says at least 80% of occupied units must house at least one person who is 55 or older. Those requirements come from the Housing for Older Persons Act.That means an address inside a known 55+ community can give scammers and data brokers another clue about you. Once public records connect your name to that address, data brokers can add it to a much larger profile.That is the part nobody mentions in the moving checklist. Here is how that profile can come together so quickly. More importantly, here is how you can reduce the personal information scammers can find.FIVE DATA BROKER OPT-OUT MYTHS THAT LEAVE RETIREES EXPOSED Missed CyberGuy LIVE? Watch the Protect Your Money replayOur free CyberGuy LIVE class, Protect Your Money From Today’s Biggest Threats, has ended, but you can…

When I was 10 years old, I read Jeff Cooper’s articles in Guns & Ammo magazine in which he extolled the 1911 “.45 automatic” as the ultimate gunfighting/self-defense handgun. What he wrote made a great deal of sense to me. All these years later, it still does. The flat 1911, even in full-size like this Springfield Armory Mil-Spec model, can be comfortably and discreetly concealed — even under a tailored suit. Image: Gail Pepin Slim and flat, among the easiest of full-size “fighting handguns” to discreetly, accessibly carry concealed. It’s unarguably adequate in power for its task, all the more so today with improved ammunition. Long-since proven reliable. It has a low bore axis to minimize muzzle rise and contribute to accurate rapid fire, and with a straight-back, short, easy-to-control trigger pull to enhance rapid-fire hit potential under the highest stress imaginable. And, thanks to the genius of John Moses Browning, its redundant safety features. Since 1911 — and really, mostly, since 1960 or so — gunsmiths and master pistoleros found ways to enhance the original pistol. Today we have a broad assortment of calibers to choose from, and higher cartridge capacity versions. We have target sights, we have optical sights,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For Trey Gowdy, the best prosecutors don’t simply prove their case, they make a jury feel it themselves.”The best prosecutors are the ones that can make the jury feel what the parents feel,” Gowdy said on the latest episode of the “Hang Out With Sean Hannity” podcast.”And that’s what takes its toll. It wrecks you. It wrecks you,” he added.HOW TO WATCH THE ‘HANG OUT WITH SEAN HANNITY’ PODCAST Gowdy, now a Fox News host, sat down with Hannity for a wide-ranging conversation reflecting on the skills and emotional toll behind a prosecutorial career in which he never lost a case.For Gowdy, connecting with a jury meant first finding a way to understand the anguish of the people at the center of a case.”Having children helps because you imagine, what if they were taken from you? Having a spouse helps,” Gowdy said. “But some folks, I think either are born with or can acquire this empathetic gene, where they can communicate that anguish and pain.”But one case he recalled offered an especially haunting reminder of the grief that remains long after a prosecution ends.FATHER RECALLS HORROR AFTER SON MURDERED HIS 5 GRANDCHILDREN:…

The Defense Health Agency has explicitly established a hormone-screening pathway for female service members, directing providers to screen women annually for hormonal dysregulation and establishing clinical pathways for problems ranging from menstrual irregularities and fatigue to perimenopause and menopause. The Sept. 2 guidance, signed by DHA Director Vice Adm. Darin Via, establishes clinical pathways for female hormonal optimization and lays out when a woman should receive additional evaluation, what conditions providers should consider and when treatment or referral is warranted. A female Marine interviewed by Military Times said low testosterone can occur in women but can be harder to identify because women normally have much lower testosterone levels than men. “Low testosterone isn’t really a problem that affects women the same way as it affects men,” the Marine said. Unlike the mandatory testosterone blood testing for male service members aged 30 and older, the female pathway begins with an annual clinical screen for hormonal dysregulation during the Periodic Health Assessment, or PHA. DHA identifies fatigue, musculoskeletal pain and changes in menstrual patterns, including cycles longer than 35 days, as signs that should prompt a targeted assessment for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, or RED-S. DHA says military operational demands, fitness…

After battling the crud last weekend and early this week, I’m happy to say that I’m working at 90% for this edition of Thursday Screencaps. Thank you to those who have reached out during this difficult time. I was facing the possibility of not being able to sit on the patio this weekend to watch football, swim, suck down beers and enjoy summer.The football gods intervened. They weren’t having it. There’s golf to play with Screencaps Jr. There are garden tours to do with Mrs. Screencaps. Folks, I’M BACK (enough).Let’s get rolling this morning … remember Wednesday Screencaps where I challenged you guys to tell me about pivot points in your life? I was blown away by some of the responses. Truly. I’m constantly shocked by the intellectual level of people who care about this column, which was created approximately 15 years ago to be a column for sports-loving degenerates. Instead, even though I haven’t changed the format, Screencaps has morphed into a daily dose of reality for intellectuals, degenerates and those of us who are just seeking out an authentic part of the internet where real conversations are being had.WHAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS MAKE PER GAME MIGHT SURPRISE…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The same hard-left network behind “No Kings” and other protests is leading the battle against data centers and Flock surveillance cameras, according to a Fox News Digital investigation and a new report.In growing protests from San Francisco to North Carolina, organizations and activists associated with the same ecosystem that rallied against President Donald Trump, Israel, Elon Musk, Tesla and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the last two years are now taking on data-center construction and license-plate readers.The overlap includes organizations funded by pro-China, Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, whose sprawling nonprofit and media network has faced Congressional and federal scrutiny over its funding and foreign ties. Singham and the nonprofits he has funded have denied taking orders from any government or political party and haven’t been charged with any crimes.INSIDE THE FAR-LEFT’S ANTI-DATA CENTER PUSH AND WHAT EXPERTS SAY IS DRIVING IT: ‘PLAYBOOK WE’VE SEEN BEFORE’ The findings are detailed in a new report, “The Compute War at Home,” commissioned by Consumer Action for a Strong Economy, an Alexandria, Va., free-markets nonprofit that used social-media analysis by Arken Intelligence, a technology firm based in Washington, D.C., for…

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking to acquire high-resolution 3D scanners to detect cracked body armor.The goal is to develop sensors that can “scan individual hard armor plates for cracks and delaminations,” according to a Marine Corps Request For Information, which is due Oct. 2. More specifically, the devices will inspect Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts and United States Marine Corps Lightweight Plates.The Enhanced Armor Inspection System will use computed tomography, or CT, scanners. CT scanning, commonly used for tasks such as medical imaging and airport bomb detection, creates 3D images that are more detailed than traditional 2D X-ray images.The Marine Corps intends to set up 10 CT scanners for body armor inspection. This includes six devices in the continental United States, two in Japan and one each in Hawaii and Guam.The Marine Corps currently uses two techniques to spot defects in body armor, as explained in a 2023 Small Business Innovation Research solicitation that sought new methods of examining cracked ceramic plates and delaminated polyethylene layers. Cracked ceramics are detected by X-rays and deformed polyethylene by tapping the armor and determining whether the sound is like a chime (good) or a thud (bad).The SBIR did point to CT scanning…

Last week, fans at a rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand got a show before the opening… uh… however it is that rugby matches start when a pair of Embraer E-Jets flew over the stadium.Barely over the stadium.Video of the moment quickly went viral, and it left a lot of people thinking, “Hey, that was very cool, but it seems like that may have been a little too low.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEWell, despite some evidence that these low flyovers have happened before in South Africa, the stadium tower buzzing is now under investigation.”It is therefore critical that we interrogate this past weekend’s events … to determine if there were any safety concerns which warrant a review,” The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said in a statement, per the Associated Press.The flyover came just before the start of a match in the “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry” series that pits the Springboks against the All Blacks in matches around the world. This one in particular was in Cape Town and featured the two Airlink-operated jets flying over the city’s DHL Stadium.The airline was reportedly set to do another flyover at a match in Soweto, but has…

We discuss the pros & cons of double-action auto pistols and how to properly train with them.Nobody’s perfect! Before reading this article, take a moment and remember the time you accidentally dropped your phone, stubbed your toe on the wall that had to have moved, or made a mistake that you thought was right. Yes, you’re human—it happens. When it comes to handguns, the extra margin of safety in the traditional double-action semi-automatic handgun (DA auto) is driving its resurgence. Far from it being a handicap, many of the top Production division competitors are using double-action/single-action (DA/SA) handguns in national and world practical competition, against guys running the latest striker-fired handguns. Is that pure coincidence? I don’t think so.This article is an excerpt from Issue 46 of Concealment magazine, GDTM’s sister publication. For more info or to subscribe, go to RecoilWeb.com.With a clear division between striker-fired handguns and DA autos, let’s take a look at the pros and cons of a DA system and some of the reasons I’ve chosen to stick with a DA auto. Then, we’ll discuss ways to master that long-pull trigger, and what to look for in a DA pistol.The Cons Of Double-Action AutosCommon reasons people…