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“Slicing the pie” is a well-known CQB concept built around managing visibility and reducing uncertainty. It highlights how much emphasis tactical training places on awareness, discipline and teamwork, even in simulated environments. 🎯

If you read the Bible with an app, you probably switch between the text, references, and maybe a group study. What if all three worked together? Deep Dive Bible launches today. Free, forever: a gift to the whole Church. deepdivebible.org

Check out this AMAZING video of how God created human life.

Looks like Mr. Giamanco gave an interview describing the events last week. youtube.com/watch?v=khoMzaLw…

Armed Citizen Who Stopped Oregon School Shooting Speaks Out bearingarms.com/camedwards/2…

You don’t expose your entire body in a situation like this or the result might be fatal

The disciplined 21 steps of a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier—an eternal, solemn promise to honor those who gave all. (U.S. Army Video by Derek Patterson / Arlington National Cemetery)

“Since it is so likely that [children] will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise, you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.” - C.S. Lewis

Humanity's most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, is rapidly approaching an unprecedented cosmic milestone. On November 18, 2026, NASA anticipates that the legendary probe will officially reach a distance of one light-day from Earth. This monumental span equates to approximately 16.1 billion miles, which is roughly 25.9 billion kilometers. At this profound depth of space, the vast physical gap severely impacts communication lag. Even a radio signal, which inherently flashes through the void at the absolute speed of light, requires a full 24 hours to cross the distance in a single direction. Consequently, when flight controllers on Earth beam a command to the spacecraft, the instructions require a whole day to arrive, and any corresponding reply takes another full day to travel back. This latency creates a grueling 48-hour round-trip delay for a single exchange, a baseline timeline that does not even account for deep-space network scheduling or onboard computer processing times. Voyager 1 has traveled for nearly half a century to reach this historic boundary. Originally launched on September 5, 1977, the spacecraft primary mission focused on exploring Jupiter and Saturn, famously transmitting unprecedented, close-up observations of their swirling cloud tops, intricate ring systems, and diverse moons. Rather than stopping there, the probe maintained its outward trajectory. In August 2012, Voyager 1 made history by becoming the very first human-made object to breach interstellar space, crossing the heliopause, which is the magnetic boundary where the solar wind gives way to the raw interstellar medium. It is vital to recognize that a light-day is a strict measurement of immense distance, rather than an indication of travel duration. It has taken the mechanical explorer 49 years of continuous flight to achieve a separation that a single photon of light can cross in a mere 24 hours. Even at this unimaginable distance, the scale of our cosmic neighborhood remains humbling. While Voyager 1 has long since exited the sun's protective bubble, the inner edge of the Oort Cloud, a colossal and distant reservoir of icy primordial bodies bound by solar gravity, still lies far ahead on its endless journey. For the dedicated engineering teams remaining on Earth, this expanding gulf transforms the nature of spaceflight operations. The luxury of real-time troubleshooting is entirely gone, forcing engineers to meticulously program sequences in advance and patiently wait days to discover if their commands succeeded.

In a case we are watching, Judge Sinatra in the Western District of New York has granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs, including Firearms Policy Coalition, finding that New York’s ban on the purchase and sale of body armor violates the Second Amendment. Judge Sinatra has granted an injunction preventing the enforcement of the ban, but has also granted a 14 day stay of that injunction pending appeal.

“We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” — Ronald Reagan

I once asked Dallas: “What’s the main reason why we should go to church?” I thought he’d have some deep answer about corporate worship or the importance of biblical preaching. But no. He said the main reason to go to church was to find people to bless. We can worship on our own. We can learn on our own. But we cannot bless others on our own.

NEW: The Fifth Circuit ruled that a federal law restricting the interstate manufacture, transportation, and distribution of switchblade knives violates the Second Amendment, holding that switchblades are constitutionally protected arms.

NEW: Judge Sinatra Jr. ruled that New York's ban on purchasing body armor violates the Second Amendment, finding that bulletproof protective gear qualifies as an "arm" under the Constitution and that the state failed to justify its restrictions under historical tradition.

Europe on fire proves the value of our Second Amendment. As arsonists, rioters and looters swarmed the streets of Paris Sunday night, French police were completely ineffective and President Emmanuel Macron and his wife were off attending a concert, which featured Céline Dion. Well-planned rioting and thievery are taking place throughout France and other European countries. Some say the actions are coordinated by the extreme far left and will continue unabated. France is still six months away from its next presidential election. Europe is on fire. Its victims are on their own. Extreme anti-gun laws throughout the continent have helped fuel the fires. France has some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the world. For a permit to purchase a “sporting arm”—not a handgun or a semi-automatic rifle—the applicant must be 18 years old and possess a valid hunting license or a shooting club membership. The applicant must also have completed and passed a medical exam, a mental health exam, an extensive criminal background check and government-approved firearm safety training. Once they’ve completed all of these legal requirements, they are required to submit an application to their local police. This alone can take months or even years. Many applicants have been rejected for no reason. Even if they manage to pass the requirements and purchase a firearm, concealed carry is outlawed. Gun safes are required. Ammunition must be stored separately, and law enforcement can conduct an in-home inspection whenever they want. Anyone caught violating these rules can face the loss of the firearm, stiff fines and years behind bars. France’s stiff anti-gun laws have had a horrific impact on the ongoing crime spree. One female shop owner in Paris tried to reason with the masked rioters as they calmly walked past her into her shop and stole her merchandise. “What’s the point of doing this?” she asked the criminals who paid her no mind. If she had a firearm, she might have been able to stop them, right? This is the point where many will point to our Second Amendment and claim that the riots spreading across Europe could never happen here. Unfortunately, that is not true. We have far too many large America cities where the Second Amendment has been bankrupted by local politicians, where the crazy French gun-ownership requirements seem almost par for the course, where only the bad guys have guns. Try to buy an AR, magazines and ammunition in New York, Boston or Washington D.C. and you will soon learn this is true. Millions of Americans are being stripped of their Second Amendment rights by their state and local politicians. Honest, hard-working Americans are serving decades in state prisons for “offenses” that aren’t even considered illegal in free states. Meanwhile, those of us who live in states that recognize the value of the Second Amendment often take for granted the pain and suffering the victims and their families are going through. “Move!” we tell them. “Get out of New York!” This, friends, needs to change, and we can help make the change. When we hear about the decades in prison someone received in a deep blue state for an “offense” that’s not even considered a crime in the rest of the country, we should be spurred into action. After all, we are still one country. Our Second Amendment rights are simply magnificent. They allow us to defend ourselves. However, we need to ensure that every American has equal access to these rights—as the Founders intended—regardless of where they have chosen to live. We need to make this a key issue while we have a President and an administration who value both our concerns and the Second Amendment. We need Second Amendment rights and protections for every American. @2AFDN

What ancient instruments sounded like. [🎶 Bilimtuel]

Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't drift apart, a behavior known as rafting. 📽: Vancouver Aquarium

The Honorable Roger T. Benitez, Keynote Speaker at GRPC 2026, providing some context around the Bill of Rights. Full video here: youtu.be/ne9pWUD5hS8?si=FUSR…

Why the WWII Willys Jeep Was a Tactical Masterpiece. 🇺🇸