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How military families remember the fallen with tattoos

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Happy Thanksgiving from Task & Purpose

Posted on Nov 27, 2025

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal

Naval Academy seniors learn their future jobs with a ‘team jersey’ reveal

Posted on Nov 21, 2025

Actor Adam Baldwin as Animal Mother, an M60-machine gunner with a platoon of Marines the City of Hue.

While filming ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ Matthew Modine kept a record of life on set

Posted on Nov 17, 2025

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, places a nametag on the wall of a facility at Altus Air Force Base (AAFB), Oklahoma, Aug. 25, 2022. Aircrew members occasionally practice the tradition of adding their name tags to the walls of facilities they have visited. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Christenson)

Air Force greenlights colored T-shirt and callsign name tags on Fridays

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 14, 2025

Walter Ising, left, and U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center pose for a photo with camouflage gear designed to enhance realism and effectiveness during Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, July 21, 2025. SLTE provides integrated training across the Marine Air Ground Task Force to improve combat readiness and lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Thompson)

There are 6 Marines hiding in this photo

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Nov 13, 2025

U.S. Marines with the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon execute their "long line" sequence during a half-time performance at a Gainesville High School football game during Marine Week Atlanta in Gainesville, Ga., Aug. 29, 2025. The year 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, a milestone that highlights the legacy, transformation and enduring spirit of the Corps since 1775. Throughout the year, Marines across the globe will commemorate this anniversary by honoring the service and sacrifice of those who served before them and by remaining faithful to the motto Semper Fidelis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Prelle)

All the ways Marines will let you know it’s the Corps’ birthday

Updated on Nov 10, 2025

"Atropia," a film that centers around a fictional country the Army created in 2012, is set to release on Dec. 12.

Atropia: The Army’s biggest inside joke has its own movie

By Drew F. Lawrence

Posted on Nov 7, 2025

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith and Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps stand in full dress uniform next to the Marine Corps War Memorial as it rains.

Top Marines stand in a rain storm to wish the Corps a happy birthday

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 3, 2025

BOOTS. (L to R) Blake Burt as John Bowman, Zach Roerig as Knox, and Miles Heizer as Cameron Cope in Episode 101 of Boots. Cr. Alfonso "Pompo" Bresciani/Netflix © 2023

The real-life Marine behind Netflix’s coming of age story, ‘Boots’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Oct 28, 2025

A U.S. Air Force Airman from Fairchild Air Force Base shaves his mustache off during the Mustache Dash event at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 31, 2023. The Mustache Dash was an event created to raise awareness for mental health that encompasses all four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness, mental, physical, spiritual and social. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Morgan Dailey)

Hegseth won’t meet troops with beards during South Korea trip

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Anthony Ramos in 'A House of Dynamite,' in military uniform standing in front of a vehicle.

Pentagon reportedly upset over Netflix’s nuclear war movie ‘A House of Dynamite’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Marines stand at attention in a still from the new documentary series 'Marines.'

Netflix releases trailer for Marine Corps documentary ‘Marines’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

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Adam Driver will portray Air Force Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 6, 2025

A member of the National Guard takes a photograph of a woman standing against military equipment as the National Guard patrols outside of Union Station in Washington, DC, August 21, 2025. President Donald Trump said he plans to patrol Washington's streets on Thursday with troops he deployed to the US capital in a show of force against what he claims is a "crime emergency." Trump ordered hundreds of National Guard to deploy in Washington last week vowing to "take our capital back," despite protests by some residents and statistics showing violent offenses falling. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Sep 17, 2025

World War II Marine veteran reunites with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Sep 10, 2025