FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Some of the nation’s elite Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division and 3rd Special Forces Group have finalized testing the Army’s new Parachutist Flotation Device (PFD).

With the Permanent Fund dividend question so front-and -center in the debate before the Alaska Legislature, I’ve been thinking about the original intent of the dividend. As I learned from Gov. Jay ...

For years now, Zhik's pull-over, side-zip PFD has been one of the gold standards in high-performance dinghy flotation devices ...

Now that summer is officially here, Coloradans head to the state’s rivers, lakes and reservoirs to participate in a variety of water sports activities. Colorado Parks and Wildlife remind outdoor ...

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Even as the budget talks get close to being settled the PFD question lurks as a possible show stopper. As noted in the Juneau Empire, there may even be a “contingency” PFD considered in the August ...

Visit any lake during this time of year and you are bound to see vessels of all kinds sharing the water. If you plan to be in or on the water for any reason, safety officials urge you to be prepared ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sport Dimension Inc. dba Body Glove, a supplier of high-quality action sports equipment, announced that a Federal Court in California entered a final judgment that Sport ...

What do you want PFD to mean? Should it stand for “Permanent Fund dividend,” as former Gov. Jay Hammond intended, or for “personal flotation device,” as current Gov. Mike Dunleavy intends? Dunleavy ...

MARION, Ind. (WANE) – A stranded kayaker wearing his Personal Flotation Device (PFD) was rescued from the Mississinewa River by Indiana Conservation Officers Monday afternoon. At approximately 12:55 p ...