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by Rob Kay and RN Price The Rogers Super-Stoc may not be as well known as Magpul or some of the other brands on the market but that shouldn't stop you from giving it consideration if you’re looking for an aftermarket product. Bill Rogers, its inventor is a former FBI Agent, police instructor, and a world ranked IPSC [...]
May 13th, 2013 | Posted in Guest Commentary,On Target,Special Features | Read More »

BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Recently I was privileged to participate in the ANZAC DAY memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery here in Honolulu. The National Memorial Cemetery has been honored to host this service for our Comrades in Arms for several years. Certainly for us veterans, this represents a wonderful recognition of the [...]
May 12th, 2013 | Posted in Heroes of the Pacific | Read More »

By Matthew Hilburn - Could bioluminescent plants one day replace light bulbs? That is the goal of a group of California scientists who are looking to genetically engineer bioluminescent plants that could eventually be used as streetlights or bedside reading lamps. “We are using Synthetic Biology techniques and Genome Compiler’s software to insert bioluminescence genes into Arabidopsis, a [...]
May 10th, 2013 | Posted in Special Features | Read More »

by Rob Kay Corals will return to damaged reefs eventually, if all the ecological factors are present. However, when most are destroyed, regeneration can take as long as 50 years. She learned from Fijiguide.com’s visiting photographer, Scott Putnam, that live coral can be replanted. You simply take the broken pieces on the sea floor and place [...]
May 9th, 2013 | Posted in Guest Commentary,Special Features,Travel | Read More »

Editor's Note: Recently two members of the On Target editorial team, Randy Terbush and RN Price, had an opportunity to visit Front Sight Fire Arms Training Institute in Nevada. It proved to be a memorable and productive experience for both of them. Randy, founder of Forge Mark Arms gives us a full-on evaluation of the four-day [...]
May 8th, 2013 | Posted in Guest Commentary,On Target,Special Features | Read More »

by Rob Kay The 2013 Shot Show in Las Vegas, earlier this year, was more than just an opportunity to gawk at guns. It presented a chance to meet a lot of knowledgeable people in the industry and learn a few things. My interest was not only to look at new products but to learn some specifics [...]
May 7th, 2013 | Posted in Guest Commentary,News,On Target,Opinion,Special Features | Read More »

By Julie Taboh - WASHINGTON — Bob McNally, who considers himself both an artist and a musician, put both of those talents to use when he developed the Strumstick, an instrument that looks a little like a guitar, only with a long, narrow neck and a smaller body. He designed it that way to encourage everyone, and not just [...]
May 5th, 2013 | Posted in Special Features | Read More »

By Reuters - LONDON — The crew of USS Enterprise beamed into London for the premiere of the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness with critics saying on Friday that the eagerly-awaited film proved the franchise could still live long and prosper. The film, starring Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as First Officer Spock, [...]
May 5th, 2013 | Posted in Special Features | Read More »

BY DUANE A. VACHON, PH.D. Richard Nott Antrim is a native son of Peru, Indiana. He married his wife in June before graduating from the United States Naval Academy on June 4, 1931. After serving briefly in the 11th Naval District he was ordered to report to the battleship USS New York as fire control [...]
May 5th, 2013 | Posted in Heroes of the Pacific | Read More »

By Suzanne Presto - WASHINGTON — Asteroids - those millions of chunks of space rock, large and small, that drift and spin across our solar system - hold promise for space explorers even as they pose a threat to us on Earth. When NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discussed the U.S. space agency's proposed 2014 budget [...]
May 2nd, 2013 | Posted in Special Features | Read More »