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President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a major trade agreement with the European Union, the biggest deal yet as he seeks to revamp the global trading system and shore up domestic manufacturing. “It’s a very powerful deal, it’s a very big deal, it’s the biggest of all the deals,” Trump said. The EU—comprising 27 member nations—is America’s largest trading partner. Subscribe Today Get daily emails in your inbox The deal comes days before an August 1 deadline that Trump had set for countries to make agreements with the U.S. and avoid high tariffs. It imposes a 15 percent…
SK Guns Supports International Association of Bomb Technicians & Investigators ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – July 24, 2025 – SK Guns®, the Nation’s only series-driven, limited-edition manufacturer of custom firearms, supported the 53rd International Association of Bomb Technicians & Investigators (IABTI) International In-Service Training and Expo (IIST) through its SK Gives Back initiative. The expo took place June 22 – 27 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. As part of the event, SK Guns donated the #053 Solo Lobo (translated: “Lone Wolf”) pistol chambered in .38 Super. This custom-engraved firearm was auctioned off to raise funds for the IABTI during the convention.…
GRINNELL, Iowa (July 21, 2025) – Brownells is standing up for the Second Amendment this week by donating 5% of all website sales to Gun Owners of America (GOA), an organization dedicated to protecting and defending the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. From Monday, July 21, through Sunday, July 27, every purchase made at Brownells.com will help support GOA’s mission. Why Your Support Matters Now GOA is currently leading the charge in courtrooms across America, challenging unconstitutional gun control laws, executive actions, and federal overreach. Gun Owners of America is actively engaged in some of the most critical Second…
MIESAU, Germany – U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz teamed up with the U.S. Air Force 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron and 86th Security Forces Squadron from Ramstein Air Base and German Polizei July 16 to test its counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS) capabilities and interagency communication networks in a realistic drone threat training exercise. During the exercise, operators from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa’s Combat Training School flew a DJI Phantom 4 drone over USAG Rheinland-Pfalz’ installation near Miesau to simulate a drone threat, testing the operational capabilities of systems and processes currently in place, said Emily Roemer, an…
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WIESBADEN, Germany – A strong defense isn’t solely about the quantity of weapons stockpiled, but the ability to adapt and rapidly produce what’s needed, experts asserted at the LANDEURO 2025 conference today. A panel discussion focused on the critical need for broadened production within NATO to secure global supply chains, enhance interoperability, and bolster strategic flexibility. The conversation centered on lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine, where sustained ammunition supplies and the ability to quickly repair and replace equipment have proven vital. Panelists emphasized the necessity of “magazine depth” – maintaining sufficient reserves – alongside collaborative production of…
This is an article my friend Rich Verdi wrote some time ago and I think it bears another read. Rich is a retired Police Sgt. and well respected firearms instructor. – SLG Over the course of my career, I have been lucky enough to train with some of the best instructors in the world … and also lucky enough to train with some of the worst. I consider my time spent with the worst just as valuable because it’s given me the opportunity to make note of some of the things that I try NEVER to do when I teach…
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – A small team of technicians at Joint Base Andrews is helping shape the future of battlefield innovation, one 3D-printed drone at a time. The Andrews SparkX Cell Innovation and Idea Center partnered with the U.S. Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to redesign Project SPECTRE (Small Printable-Engineered-Composites Tailorable Remote-Effect), an experimental effort to create rapidly deployable, customizable, small, unmanned aircraft systems. The result of Project SPECTE was Blackbird, a fully open-source, government-owned drone platform that cut development costs by more than $1 million. According to SparkX technicians, the Blackbird can be…
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