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Marine commanding officers have final say on medical shaving exemptions
Every Marine diagnosed with a painful skin condition that may prevent them from shaving will have to be reevaluated by a medical officer within 90 days of a March 13 Marine administrative message.
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US carries out first airstrikes on Yemen in months
The strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen comes after the group said it would restart attacks in the Red Sea following weeks of calm.
US forces kill ISIS’s second in command in Iraq strike
The double-tap strike killed Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, who also served as ISIS’s chief of global operations.
Behold this photo of a bunch of command sergeants major hating life
Of course it’s MPs.
‘The air was on fire’ — Army captain recalls 2012 battle in Afghanistan
Army Capt. James McDaniel was initially dazed when a bomb exploded about 50 meters away from him. “It seemed like the air was on fire,” he said.
Are the U.S. and Ukraine friends again? It’s complicated.
The United States has resumed providing military assistance and sharing intelligence with Ukraine after a disastrous Feb. 28 Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
New program helps Navy, Marine Corps moms with pregnancy and infant care
Navy and Marine Corps moms can get access to in-home visits from nurses trained to navigate barriers to accessing care that can come with military life.
Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans
The website for Arlington National Cemetery “unpublished” links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and educational material pertaining to Black, Hispanic and women veterans, as well as some Medal of Honor recipients.
Why Washington state used M60 tanks to prevent avalanches
As Fleetwood Mac taught us: If you fire an M60 tank’s cannon at the snow-covered hills, an avalanche will bring it down.
The Army wants to get the load soldiers carry down to 55 pounds
Army leaders say that the service’s new “squad as a system” approach to kitting our soldiers with less gadgets could cut down on the total gear infantrymen have to carry.
Here are the latest military units deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border
About 590 soldiers from Army engineer units and 40 Air Force intelligence analysts are headed to the southern border. The timeline for the deployments is still being determined.
Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours
Satellite locations offering the ASVAB, the initial enlistment test for potential recruits, have been forced to close and reduce their hours because of cuts to civilian travel.
The coolest part of this B-52 mission is its name: VIKING NEBULA
Two Air Force B-52H bombers took part in an exercise named VIKING NEBULA over Sweden, proving that U.S. military operation planners haven’t completely lost their mission-naming mojo.
More than 100 soldiers and families lost their belongings in fire near Fort Cavazos
On March 2, a fire engulfed a warehouse in Killeen, Texas, destroying about 120 shipments of household goods for soldiers and military families. Three soldiers lost their homes when an apartment building also burned down.
How the Coast Guard responded to the DC aerial collision earlier this year
The Coast Guard response included nearly 300 personnel, 11 small boat stations and five cutters.
Historic ‘China Marines’ battalion converts into latest Littoral Combat Team
1st Battalion, 4th Marines was established in 1911 and later assigned to Shanghai. The battalion surrendered with all U.S. troops in the Philippines in 1942 and was reborn from the 1st Raider Battalion in 1944.
Army researchers want AI to help soldiers deliver anesthetics in battle
Researchers say the device will expand the number of medical personnel who can deliver pain management drugs on the future battlefield when resources are limited.
Task & Purpose was founded in 2014 as a voice for the military community, and continues to serve that community with accurate reporting and great storytelling to this day. Our journalists have reported on the front lines of the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota and the war in Afghanistan. We’ve uncovered American veterans being abused in Kuwaiti prisons, deported veterans being forced to work for Mexican cartels, and drawn national attention to a longstanding legal rule barring service members from suing the government — even in the face of gross negligence.
