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Meet the L-ATV, the U.S. Military’s Official Humvee Replacement
August 26, 2015 AUTOS

Meet the L-ATV, the U.S. Military’s Official Humvee Replacement

-The U.S. Army and Marine Corps have made their final selection for the replacement to the aging Humvee. Meet the new Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV) built by Oshkosh Defense. – The decision caps off a three-year investigational phase in the military branches’ search for a new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), during which Oshkosh, Lockheed Martin, and AM General (maker of the long-serving Humvee) submitted 22 prototype vehicles

August 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

"I Had A Stroke at 38 Years Old"

How one woman turned a life-changing event into an opportunity to thrive. As told to Kristin CanningBy Kristin Canning, SELF(Photo: Courtesy of Merideth Gilmor)I wasn’t supposed to have a stroke. I was 38 years old, a mom in “perfect” health. I run my own pro-athlete public relations firm, so I have to stay on pace with the likes of Maria…

August 26, 2015 HEALTH (MSM)

Healing, and Human Touch

Early this summer, I spent several days in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV, with what proved in retrospect to be anaplasmosis (a nasty bit of tick-borne business), complicated by viral meningitis. The latter was likely due to the immunosuppression of the primary infection. It was all rather unpleasant.Among other things, I had a constant,…