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Flarebright: Pioneering GPS-Independent Navigation

https://www.flarebright.com/ FireWatch meets with the FlareBright team at SOF Week 2025 (Booth 1433). Founded in 2015 by Dr. Kelvin Hamilton and Dr. Conrad Rider, Flarebright has established operations near Oxford and in London, delivering next-generation flight capabilities through patented technologies and advanced machine learning processes. Flarebright Launches Tactera All-terrain GPS-free

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A DAY OF INFAMY

By Kurt Waterstradt There is a day in world and American history that will forever “live in infamy.” A single event 83 years ago changed everything. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941, plunged America into World War II. Every service member and veteran knows the story.

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Remember the Fallen

“Remember the Fallen; Honor those who serve; Teach the next generation the value of freedom.” Lofty…But they explain it best. “Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, was a 12-year-old paper boy when he won a trip to Washington D.C. It was his first to our nation’s

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The Power of One

By Kurt Waterstradt There’s absolutely no easy or gentle way to say this. We got problems. The whole world, no matter where you call home, has big, big problems. It’s not like the problems in the east don’t affect the west or vice versa. In the always connected, global human

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Does the Flag Still Stand for Freedom?

By: Josh Porthouse Do people still “thank their lucky stars to be living here today”? Definitely, at least, I think so. Don’t they? Our Labels Lee Greenwood said “they” can’t take away that the flag still stands for freedom. It’s strange to think that it only took forty years for

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We The People

By Toni Hedstrom Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.1 Republic: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives and which has an elected or nominated president rather than

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Home Grown

By Kurt Waterstradt Food, the glue of humanity, is a survival need, community builder, and connection to nature. It’s omnipresent in celebration and sorrow. A family recipe is a preserved ancestry that’s celebrated as delicious, enticing aromas float from the kitchen during holiday gatherings. Let’s not forget about the ubiquitous

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Will You Die For Her?

On the morning of September 11, 2001, everyone bent over to put on their shoes. It was a simple task, but it was required to enter office buildings, airplanes, or workplaces, the same as today. Now imagine, as you bent over to put on your shoes this morning, hearing a

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The Jaws of Life

JC La Verde, also known as JC Defeats, is a remarkable individual with a diverse background and a passion for helping others overcome adversity. Born in Bogota, Colombia, but raised in Tampa, Florida, since the age of eight, JC has dedicated nearly 19 years to emergency medicine. JC’s journey began

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Green Beans

This story is about Green Beans, a veteran, his family, and a dog, or dogs, to be more precise. But the story starts in the desert warzone of Iraq with Soldier Sean Brown. Sean joined the U.S. Army in 2006 and served in the Intelligence and Quartermaster Corps. Sean had

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