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This has been a long time coming, but last year I saw the worst behavior I'd ever seen in all my years going to the shows. It was worse than 2019 during the loadout when the petting zoo was going on and some dealers shouted at the families (moms and kids) lined up to "get out of the way." We've...

Well, it is actually warm this week in Louisville! But yes, January is usually cold and there is a risk of snow in the region.

I'm a reporter/journalist after all! 🧐

It is just 22 days until the OVMS Show Of Shows 2025... but it looks like the 2026 show will be the last weekend of January. I don't know all the details, but it is on the Kentucky Expo Center calendar and I'm hearing this has been confirmed by OVMS. The "rumor" is that a major convention/trade...

Remembering World War I’s Christmas Truce 110th years ago! https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/remembering-world-war-i%E2%80%99s-christmas-truce-214166

From Typo to Tradition: The Story Behind NORAD Tracking Santa Every Christmas https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/12/24/from-typo-to-tradition-the-story-behind-norad-tracking-santa-every-christmas/ I don't have kids, but this is hands down my favorite story to write and/or update every year!

Do you have a link to where it can be purchased?

There was an auction a few years ago that had a German 77mm gun, and I was tempted to bid. John Adams-Graf who I spoke to for my article was my editor at Military Trader at the time, and he told me not to bid. He said, the auction company had no valid chain of custody. The gun had been outside a...

You can own a cannon or a tank, but before you buy either... know the rules! https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/11/01/think-you-can-own-a-tank-the-rules-on-owning-heavy-military-hardware/

I think the days of shops in distant lands is largely in the distant past. While in Venice be sure to visit the Naval Museum. Really a fascinating place to see. And the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome has some great items on display.

I do not, but I have been to a few.

This was sort of on the Great Lakes. It was on Lake St. Clair on Saturday. That is connected to the Great Lakes -- between Lake Erie via the Detroit River to the South and Lake Huron via the St. Clair River to the north. I live about a 10 minute walk from the lake.

I spotted this on my Sunday afternoon bike ride. Guess where I was.

Well, I'm quite upset to see this listed on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256607212652 The owner contacted me last week and asked my opinion, and I told him it is a BAD fake. It is a modern replica helmet with a fake wappen. It is so bad no one will likely buy it. His listing: Imperial...

Sorry, it did sell. My apologies. I can direct you to the company that makes them. Send me a PM.

A friend sold me this Canadian Expeditionary Force MkI helmet earlier this year. It has the remains of the flash to 46th Battalion (South Saskatchewan), a unit that came to be known as "The Suicide Battalion." The 46th Battalion lost 1,433 killed and 3,484 wounded – a casualty rate of 91.5...

I think these are offered at SOS each year.

History of the Schwarzlose machine gun. https://www.thearmorylife.com/schwarzlose-machine-gun/

Honoring the Greatest Generation on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/06/06/honoring-the-greatest-generation-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day/

Honoring the Greatest Generation on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day https://news.clearancejobs.com/2024/06/06/honoring-the-greatest-generation-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-d-day/