SETERMOEN, Norway — Norway’s elite soldiers for Arctic warfare swear by an old-fashioned method for staying hidden from drones’ sophisticated sensors: quinzhees, or snow caves, carefully dug by hand.Deep in Norwegian woods, some 400 kilometers away from the Russian border, an officer of the Norwegian Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron is hidden in a snow-made shelter, with only his light-grey firearm peeking out.The officer, nicknamed Poster Boy, is part of the country’s elite Arctic task force, designed to operate far behind enemy lines to conduct surveillance missions. The snow cave serving as his concealment is known as a quinzhee, 1.5m high and 2m wide, built by piling snow together and allowing it to sinter, or harden, a task force specialty.“It’s a constant evolution of what works and what doesn’t for us – what worked four years ago might not work today due to all the technology developments of equipment designed to catch us, some years ago a tent and camouflage could’ve been sufficient but not anymore,” the officer, who spoke anonymously because of the sensitivity around the unit, told Defense News.Training here alongside the Norwegian soldiers were several other nations’ elite unit, including U.K. Royal Marines and soldiers of the Canadian…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NCAA national champion gymnast Olivia Dunne came to grips with the idea she may not be “cut out” for watching her boyfriend, Paul Skenes, pitch with enormous stakes attached.Skenes was on the mound for Team USA to start their World Baseball Classic semifinal game against the Dominican Republic. He allowed a home run to Junior Caminero but buckled down and didn’t allow another run to cross the plate. In the fourth inning, the Dominican Republic had a good chance to get more runs on the board with the bases loaded. Skenes got catcher Austin Wells to fly out, ending the threat.Dunne posted a video to her TikTok page, showing herself nervously watching Skenes work his magic.”When someone says they’re stressed but they’ve never watched their man get out of a bases loaded jam repping the USA,” she wrote as the video’s screen caption.CONTROVERSIAL STRIKE THREE GIVES TEAM USA WIN AT WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC, SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS Dunne added in the comments that she wished she was acting.”I am not cut out for this,” she added in the caption.Skenes lasted 4.1 innings and struck out two batters. He allowed one run on six…

If there are any boats in the Air Force special warfare training pipeline, you can bet David Goggins will be carrying them.Goggins, who retired from active duty in the Navy SEALs in 2016 and has gone on to build a brand as a bestselling author and motivational speaker, has reenlisted at age 51. He is now assigned to the Special Warfare Training Wing, Air Force officials confirmed to Military Times.While Goggins did not publicly announce his return to active duty, the military-focused Instagram page “Come.Sit.And.Relax” set veteran communities abuzz March 13 when it posted a photo of Goggins in an Air Force uniform with a group of trainees in black berets.“Kept quiet on this for months until it inevitably went public,” the page’s author wrote. “David Goggins trying again for Pararescue at 51 after quitting so many years ago.”Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said the service, in accordance with policy, could not discuss the status, progression, or details of current trainees. While Goggins required an age waiver to reenlist, the Air Force did not provide additional details about the waiver.“Given MSgt Goggins’ background, it’s worth noting that the Air Force has welcomed special operators from other services to cross train…

The Leupold Mark 4 has easily been one of the most prolific military and law enforcement scopes available. While the flagship Mark 5HD scopes superseded that family, for years, professionals and serious shooters like myself asked when it would come back. The author tests the Leupold Mark 4HD 4.5-18x scope on the shooting range. Mounted to a Springfield Model 2020 Heatseeker and locked into a tripod, he has a solid base from which to evaluate the glass. Thankfully, it did as the new Leupold Mark 4HD line of scopes. These build upon a strong pedigree, while also being up to date for modern shooters. For this instance, I want to discuss the Leupold Mark 4HD 4.5-18X52 M1C3 Side Focus FFP with the PR2-MOA reticle system. For my review, I chose to mount this scope on my Springfield Armory Model 2020 Heatseeker in .308 Winchester. [Be sure to read Ian Kenney’s detailed explanation on how to mount a scope.] The Mark 4HD 4.5-1852 M1C3 Side Focus FFP PR2-MOA from Leupold is designed for long-range shooting, hunting or tactical use. Key features include a 4.5-18X magnification range, 52 mm objective lens, side-focus parallax adjustment (down to 25 yards), first focal plane (FFP)…

United States ruler, Donald Trump, has claimed that Iran “is being decimated,” while the “fake news” mainstream media outlets lie about it. Trump has threatened the outlets with “treason” over their reporting of the Iran war. On Sunday, Trump composed and published a long Truth Social post in which he made all kinds of claims about the reporting on the war, and how horribly Iran is being “decimated.” “The fact is, Iran is being decimated, and the only battles they ‘win’ are those that they create through AI, and are distributed by Corrupt Media Outlets,” Trump wrote. He also disparaged the mainstream media, accusing them of knowingly colluding with Iran to cast doubt on Washington’s decisive “victory,” accoridng to a report by RT.  According to the president, Tehran has circulated fabricated footage showing attacks on U.S. military assets, including alleged strikes on refueling aircraft and naval vessels. Trump described the outlets that published the “fabricated” reports as “Corrupt and Highly Unpatriotic ‘News’ Organizations.” He added that the media is spreading “knowingly FAKE” information, and those who do “should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for the dissemination of false information.” Trump claimed that some of the images depict non-existent “kamikaze boats”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Every so often, we receive an email that stops us cold. Not because it is dramatic. Not because it is careless. Because it feels impossible. Sheri M. from Georgia recently wrote to us with this question:”Yesterday I learned that someone had stolen my debit card information. I was alerted by my bank about 10:00 p.m. last night that someone tried to use my card in Brazil. I am in the Southern United States and have never traveled outside the country. What I have trouble understanding is that this particular debit card has never been used and has never been out of a locked vault. It has been activated, and once activated, I locked it up. No one had access to it, no questions about that. It is just not possible. So how could someone have my card information? I asked this question at my bank, and after speaking to several people, they are at a loss as to what to tell me. I hope you can shed some light on this.” — Sheri M. from GeorgiaGHOST-TAPPING SCAM TARGETS TAP-TO-PAY USERS  Sheri, first, we are glad your bank flagged it. That alert tells you…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WWE’s women’s division received two new championships to fight for in 2024 when the Intercontinental and United States Championships were introduced to the fray.It had been a long time coming for the superstars of the women’s roster as competitors like Zelina Vega and Booker T advocated for the mid-card titles in the weeks and months ahead of their introductions. More than a year after the Women’s Intercontinental Championship was introduced, Bayley has her sights set on the strap with an upcoming match against AJ Lee, who won the title against Becky Lynch. Lee vowed to be a fighting champion and Bayley won a women’s gauntlet match to set up the “Monday Night RAW” showdown.”It just means more opportunity, for one,” Bayley told Fox News Digital. “But I also think it means that Triple H (Paul Levesque) has total trust in our division and I think this is the strongest the division’s ever been and there’s just so much need for more. There could only be so many women going after the women’s championship and then the tag titles. There’s so many of us, and there’s so many girls in NXT that can…

As the Navy builds out new career fields focused on operating drone boats and submarines, it’s repurposing special insignia pins taken from other job fields with similar requirements to recognize the work they do.At the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium in January, Lt. Miles Graham, commanding officer of the freshly established Chimera Detachment Alpha, revealed that his sailors were now earning the Craftmaster Insignia, a distinctive and rare device featuring a ship’s wheel and crossed anchors. Chimera Detachment Alpha, activated in January, operates the Navy’s medium unmanned surface vessels including Sea Hawk and Sea Hunter; the DARPA-built no manning required ship Defiant; and two USVs from the Overlord program, Mariner and Ranger.“Tons of folks at the unit are incredibly excited about earning their own Craftmaster pin,” Graham said at an unmanned warfare panel during the conference. “It’s basically a new competency that enlisted can work towards.”The remark reveals a way the Navy has been quietly working to integrate unmanned warfare specialists into the fleet and align their work and skills development with other legacy capabilities. According to Navy uniform regulations, the Craftmaster Insignia is awarded to enlisted sailors who “serve as officer in charge (OIC), petty officer in charge (POIC),…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  A worst-case scenario could be just weeks away. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been essentially paralyzed by the war with Iran, and there is a lot of speculation that the Houthis could soon bring commercial traffic through the Red Sea to a screeching halt. If such a scenario actually materializes, it would be catastrophic for the global economy. The good news is that so far, we are not witnessing widespread panic among investors. Most of them still seem to believe that this crisis is just temporary. So even though the price of oil is up over 40 percent since the start of the war, the overall global financial system is still relatively stable at this stage… The S&P 500 is only down 3% so far this year and 5% off its all-time high, still far from reaching bear market territory or even a correction, suggesting investors aren’t panicking yet about the U.S.-Israel war on Iran. But that could change soon. To be sure, oil prices have soared more than 40% since the war began two weeks ago and are up nearly 70% year to date. But…