News
Marine recruit arrives at boot camp with glorious mop top
Abraham Lopez had a lot of hair that needed to be shorn when he arrived at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Army deploying brigades to Middle East, Europe, South Korea
The Army has announced that three brigades will deploy this fall as part of ongoing rotations
B-1B crash result of pilot error and ‘culture of noncompliance’
The report blamed the crash on the crew’s ineffective teamwork, adverse weather, and a “culture of noncompliance” under unit leadership.
The Million Veteran Program is closing hard-to-fill gaps in DNA research
Research on human genetics seeking cures to diseases had mostly “European” DNA to work with before using a database of veterans.
News
Marine recruit loses more than 100 pounds to graduate from boot camp
Marine Pvt. Carlos Paz-Sosa graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on July 12 after losing more than 100 pounds to start boot camp.
Culture
Marine sticks his hand in fire ant hill, because Marines gonna Marine
The average person may not picture an ant as a Marine’s ultimate challenger, but one Marine chose fire ants as a means to test his pain response — or so it seems.
Military Life
Everything you need to know about the Modern Army Combatives Program
The Modern Army Combatives Program teaches soldiers the fundamentals of fighting hand to hand, but it’s not an advanced block of instruction. Soldiers will need to continue honing their hand-to-hand.
What does Project 2025 mean for military veterans?
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.
