On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park was established. — In the second week May of 1921 a solar storm began, dubbed The Great Geomagnetic Storm of May 1921. — Starting June 2nd, we will be switching to a weekly posting format for SurvivalBlog, with most posts on Tuesdays. — There are just 20 days left in THE FINAL ROUND of the SurvivalBlog Writing Contest. This is your last chance to get your entry in and win a prize.  After Round 124 ends, we will only be posting staff-written articles and guest articles from readers.   Read the full article here

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Okay, I’m going to open with a bit of an explainer just in case you’re one of the five or six people in the USA who has not only never watched a modicum of any show or movie in the “Star Trek” franchise, but also has somehow dodged absorbing a bit of its in-universe mythos via cultural osmosis. Basically, in the “Star Trek” universe, the main cast goes gallivanting about the universe, boldly going and discovering strange new worlds but, because Kirk and Spock, et al., work for the Starfleet of the Universal Federation of Planets, they have certain rules…

Ukrainian operators recently tested and defeated drones with the Drone Round—a purpose-built 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) cartridge that requires no firearm modifications, no new equipment and no additional training. The loads were developed by U.S.-based Drone Round Defense—which is backed by parent companies Freedom Munitions, Unlimited Ammo and Ammo Load—for military use. A video of the troops defeating drones with the cartridge has gone viral. The footage, which has circulated widely across defense and military communities online, shows drone threats—including the kind of low-cost, fast-moving UAS that have redefined modern warfare in Ukraine—being neutralized with…

After more than 20 years of making daily SurvivalBlog posts, I am nearing the point of exhaustion. I realize that I have been spending far too much time online. My editing pace simply has to change. So, after some prayer and deliberation, I have decided to switch SurvivalBlog to a weekly format. Henceforth, you can expect to see: Starting on or about June 2, 2026 SurvivalBlog will be posted on Tuesdays, and perhaps the occasional Thursday, if the Tuesday posts get too crowded. So you can expect to see SurvivalBlog “Fresh Every Tuesday.” (Echoing the late, great Ol’ Remus.) We…

On May 10, 1775, the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga, New York. The Green Mountain Boys were led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold. They surprised and captured the fort’s small British garrison. The cannons and other armaments captured at Fort Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the siege of Boston. — May 10, 1837: New York City banks failed and unemployment reached record levels. (Panic of 1837.) — And on May 10, 1971 US special delivery rates were increased from 45 cents…

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Over-the-barrel suppressors have the advantage of maintaining an adequate volume for maximum sound reduction while still keeping a rifle/suppressor package at a reasonable overall length for situations where size is an issue, such as backcountry hunting. New for 2026, Dead Air Silencers is adding an over-the-barrel (OTB) option to its Nomad line of hunting suppressors. The Dead Air Nomad Ti OTB’s over-the-barrel design (bottom) gives the suppressor/rifle combination a shorter overall length when compared to a conventional suppressor of similar volume (Nomad LTi XC pictured at top). Placing part of the Nomad Ti OTB’s blast chamber around the barrel, instead…

The cool part about shooting with mounted red-dot sights on handguns is that, once shooters get used to them, they turn into major performance boosters. It boils down to the fact that using a single  “aiming reference” (the dot itself versus a front and rear sight), to shoot aids both with speed and precision in pistol shooting. And to properly leverage the power of the dot, shooters must use target-focus. Unfortunately, both new and experienced shooters alike are oftentimes prone to getting “lost looking through their dots” instead of focusing on their targets. This common phenomenon basically amounts to a…

A male hiker, whose identity has not yet been announced, has been found dead in Glacier National Park. According to a press release, “his injuries are consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter.”The victim had been missing for several days before he was found. He sent his last known message on Sunday evening and had not been heard of since then. A search and rescue team recovered his remains on Wednesday, May 6. The man’s body was just a couple miles up Mt. Brown Trail and 50 feet off the trail “in a densely wooded area with downed timber.”National…