Culture(Page 2)

Military and veterans culture, humor, and entertainment.

Latest in Culture

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 28: Tom Hanks attends Focus Features' "The Phoenician Scheme" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Entertainment

West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony honoring Tom Hanks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Sep 7, 2025

A worker weighs a psilocybin mushroom at Colorado’s first psychedelic church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Culture

Military will now drug test troops for psychedelic mushrooms

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Aug 29, 2025

Army veteran Ryan Curtis directing on the set of "Hollywood Grit."
Entertainment

‘Hollywood Grit’ and a veteran’s mission to bring the military community into the movie business

By Shannon Corbeil

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

Marines reenlist
Culture

Marines reenlist in disgusting pool of muck because Marines

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Aug 12, 2025

Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer took issue with an Army post on Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg because he was not "US Born." Groberg was born in France and became an American citizen before joining the Army.
Culture

Laura Loomer unites vets from both sides of aisle after Medal of Honor rant

By Matt White

Posted on Aug 11, 2025

Army Tank Top 2025
Culture

No, the Army is not introducing a new ‘tank top’ PT uniform

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 31, 2025

American musician Tom Lehrer cutting a cake in the shape of a woman's hand while backstage at the Palace Theatre, London, May 13th 1959. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Entertainment

Comedian, soldier, and NSA mathematician Tom Lehrer dies at 97

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 27, 2025

BJ Blaskowicz in Wolfenstein.
Entertainment

World War II horror will come to life in new ‘Wolfenstein’ show

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 26, 2025

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Flosi
Culture

Top Air Force enlisted leader apologizes for uniform slip-up

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Ozzy Osbourne Band, live, Moscow Music Peace Festival 1989 at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, USSR, 12th and 13th August, 1989. Ozzy Osbourne (vocals). (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
Culture

Ozzy Osbourne gave us the closest thing we have to a GWOT anthem

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

Soldiers assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Downed Aircraft Recovery Team (DART) conduct recovery operations on a simulated downed UH-60 Blackhawk on April 2, 2025. DART teams are responsible for recovering aircraft after they crash or become disabled and can no longer fly. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vincent Levelev)
Culture

An Army pilot and mechanic switched units for a week. Here’s how that went.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

Comic book art depicting a panel from the book on Clint Romesha, Medal of Honor recipient. In it he is in combat gear holding his rifle.
Entertainment

Medal of Honor recipient Clint Romesha gets new comic book highlighting his actions in Afghanistan

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 20, 2025

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, walk the final mile of the 12-mile ruck march during E3B on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Sept. 21, 2024. E3B is a week-long testing event that gives Soldiers the opportunity to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Soldier Badge, or Expert Field Medical Badge. Soldiers must pass the expert physical fitness assessment, day and night land navigation, soldier tasks including weapons, medical and patrol lanes, and a 12-mile ruck march, in order to earn their badge. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Catessa Palone)
Mandatory Fun

The Pentagon is throwing $200 million at ‘Grok for Government’ and other AI companies

By Matt White

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz
Mandatory Fun

Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps learns an old lesson: Don’t mess with Audie Murphy

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

Warfare movie review opening scene
Entertainment

The most authentic scene in ‘Warfare’ happens before a single shot is fired

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Posted on Jun 17, 2025

Rambo
Entertainment

Nothing is over! They’re making a ‘Rambo’ origin movie

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on May 18, 2025

The bear hulu
Humor

If you’ve ever lived in the barracks, you already understand ‘The Bear’ on Hulu

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Posted on May 13, 2025

A sweating man in a bulky black and green bomb protection suit runs on a track.
Mandatory Fun

Army captain sets Guinness World Record for bomb suit run

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 26, 2025

‘The Mandalorian’ was actually about a burned-out NCO trying to get his kid to daycare
Entertainment

‘The Mandalorian’ was actually about a burned-out NCO trying to get his kid to daycare

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Navy SEALs move out of a courtyard in the movie 'Warfare,' aiming guns high to cover all points of contact as they move out of a courtyard through a gate.
Entertainment

How the memory of a single Iraq War battle led to ‘Warfare’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Rich McCormick, now a Republican member of Congress from Georgia, appeared in the “Chess” Marine recruiting ad from the 1990s.
Culture

The Marine in one of the most famous recruiting commercials is now in Congress

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

"Helldivers 2" makes players feel like their a cog in a machine that only half works and is pointed in the wrong direction — which can feel very familiar for some vets.
Entertainment

Why veterans are the real target audience for ‘Helldivers 2’

By Clay Beyersdorfer

Posted on Apr 9, 2025

Troops in uniform run through a smoke-filled enclosure. The lead man carries a sniper rifle and has an impressive mustache.
Entertainment

Iraq War movie ‘Warfare’ is a beautiful depiction of an ugly war

By Addison Blu

Posted on Mar 29, 2025

'Rite of Passage' sword
Mandatory Fun

Marine vet buys sword that slayed the lava monster in the iconic 90s recruiting ad

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes a phone call before a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP)
Mandatory Fun

‘100% OPSEC’ apparently means texting military plans to a reporter

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

Screenshot from the Army National Guard commercial "Uncommon is Calling."
Culture

National Guard appeals to anti-corporate Gen Z in new commercial

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals
Culture

‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Mar 20, 2025

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Craig Owens, the former command sergeant major of the 200th Military Police Command, U.S. Army Reserve, leads a team-building ruck march while wearing protective masks along with command sergeants major from his brigades and battalions during a ‘CSM Huddle’ in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sept. 16, 2017.
Humor

Behold this photo of a bunch of command sergeants major hating life

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Mar 14, 2025

VIKING NEBULA
Culture

The coolest part of this B-52 mission is its name: VIKING NEBULA

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

A new behind the scenes trailer for “Warfare” tells the story behind Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s upcoming Iraq War drama.
Entertainment

New ‘Warfare’ trailer reveals the true story behind the upcoming Iraq War drama

By Shannon Corbeil

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

TALLADEGA, AL - MAY 07: The Hooters girls pose with some U.S. Army soldiers prior to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on May 7, 2017 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Humor

If Hooters goes out of business, dining off base will never be the same

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Kevyn Major Howard from the Vietnam War movie Full Metal Jacket
Entertainment

Remembering Full Metal Jacket’s Rafterman, and the actor who brought him to life

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 18, 2025

Navy SEAL veteran Robert O'Neill has launched a cannabis company.
Culture

Navy SEAL who shot Bin Laden launches cannabis company

By James Clark

Posted on Feb 17, 2025

Two men in superhero suits, including Sam Wilson's Captain America, run on the deck of a battleship.
Entertainment

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ has the most confusing dogfight in Marvel history

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 16, 2025

U.S. Army Reserve Master Sgt. Larry Sanders, the senior command career counselor for the 7th Mission Support Command, discusses career paths available in the Army Reserve with cadets from the Kaiserslautern High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, part of Veterans' Week. The 7th MSC maintains relationships with area schools and stays involved with extracurricular activities to showcase the Citizen - Soldier lifestyle. The 7th Mission Support Command is the U.S. Army Reserve presence in Europe. Comprised of 26 units across Germany and Italy, the 7th MSC provides logistical and sustainment resources in support of U.S. Army Europe - Africa missions across the theater. For more stories and information on the 7th Mission Support Command, connect on Facebook @7thmsc. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt 1st Class Jessica Forester)
Culture

‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Kite Runner’ among books being reviewed over ‘ideology’ concerns at on-base military schools

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

Soldiers from C. Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment watch Super Bowl LIX in the field at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Culture

This Army first sergeant set up a Super Bowl party for his soldiers in the field

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

Composite of two football players. One in a Kansas City Chiefs uniform, the other in a Philadelphia eagles uniform.
Culture

Two West Point graduates are facing off in the Super Bowl

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 9, 2025

Actor Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, flies as the passenger of a tandem freefall jump with an Air Force pararescue tandem master at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Mandatory Fun

Air Force PJs welcomed the new Captain America with a freefall jump

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 6, 2025

Rangers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment engage their targets during a platoon live fire exercise at Fort Moore, Georgia. on Oct. 21, 2024.
Culture

Here’s what the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment looks for in candidates

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Feb 5, 2025

The Air Force returned the 'gig line' — a straight alignment of shirt, belt and fly — to it's official uniform regulation.
Culture

The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Sgt. Robert Love, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and Spc. Alexander Van Meter, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, conduct combatives training, June 5, at Fort Benning, Ga. Love and Van Meter are preparing for the USASOC Best Warrior Competition. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Eric Overfelt/Released)
Culture

How Army Rangers constantly train in hand-to-hand fighting

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jan 28, 2025

A casino roulette wheel with chips.
Mandatory Fun

Troops used government cards to pay for casinos, online gaming and Super Bowl parties

By Matt White

Posted on Jan 27, 2025

Smokeless tobacco is no healthier than smoking. It can cause oral, pancreatic and esophageal cancer along with white leathery patches inside of the mouth, stained teeth and bad breath. Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune's Tobacco Cessation Program provides individual counseling and classes to help those seeking to kick the habit. For more information call 451-3712. (Photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson)
Culture

Farewell to the GWOT spitter

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

Chef Robert Irvine visiting troops overseas.
Culture

Celebrity chef Robert Irvine wants to overhaul Army dining facilities. Will it work?

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jan 22, 2025

The score for the "28 Years Later" trailer is a poem that's played during SERE training.
Entertainment

‘28 Years Later’ uses the same creepy poem the military uses to scare SERE students

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 13, 2025

Actor Denis Leary's new character Col. Patrick Quinn is based on Gen. George S. Patton, with a comedic twist.
Entertainment

Denis Leary based his new military character on a lifelong interest in Gen. George Patton

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Jan 3, 2025

The hit 1970 movie Tora! Tora! Tora! captured a true moment of life and death for the stuntmen on set when a remote controlled plane careened towards a crowd during filming.
Entertainment

The Pearl Harbor movie scene that accidentally filmed a real plane crash 

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Dec 24, 2024

Soldiers in a street fire their weapons, the center soldier's muzzle flash filling the view.
Entertainment

First ‘Warfare’ trailer paints a harrowing picture of Iraq War combat

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Dec 16, 2024

Army Navy Game t-shirt tank 2024
Culture

Behold, West Point’s t-shirt cannon tank

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 14, 2024

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: Former Seattle Seahawks player and United States Army Green Beret Nate Boyer prepares to run an American flag onto the field before the Salute to Service game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Giants at Lumen Field on October 30, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks beat the Giants 27-13. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)
Culture

Nate Boyer, Green Beret turned NFL player, on the parallels between military service and sports

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Dec 13, 2024

A pilot deployed to the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing, checks an F-15E Strike Eagle during a routine post flight inspection during sunset on the flightline. The F-15s fly combat missions regularly and pilots work closely with maintainers to assure the aircrafts are safe. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Young)
Culture

Happy Thanksgiving from Task & Purpose, and thank you to our readers

By James Clark

Posted on Nov 28, 2024

Gen. Eric M. Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, very casually let everyone know that he knocked out a CFT 324 days after having open heart surgery.
Culture

Marine Corps commandant completes combat fitness test 11 months after open heart surgery

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 28, 2024

A highlight reel of Army Sgt. Diamond Adams was widely viewed across social media and came with the all-too-fitting caption "Sgt. Adams ain't come to play."
Culture

101st Airborne soldier ‘ain’t come to play’ in cage match video

By Matt White

Posted on Nov 26, 2024

The cover of DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock, showing the titular character and other American GIs fighting Nazi tanks.
Entertainment

Comics’ quintessential soldier, Sgt. Rock, is heading to the big screen

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 25, 2024

Ben Mendelsohn as Director Krennic in 'Rogue One.'
Entertainment

‘Andor’ shows even the Empire has the Pentagon’s acquisition model

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 24, 2024

550 cord is a limitless tool for the military.
Culture

The complacent soldier’s best friend: The many uses of 550 cord

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Nov 22, 2024

The Liscano family just gained a third generation soldier on Nov. 4.
Culture

‘Armor Major’ swears his son into ROTC as family’s third-generation

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in North Dakota.
Culture

The Army built a giant concrete pyramid in North Dakota and only used it for six months

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Nov 20, 2024

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment hike up Monte Kaolino during the unit spur ride in Hirschau, Germany, Aug. 1, 2024. During the event, Troopers must complete a series of warrior tasks and drills in order to obtain the right to wear the cavalry's coveted spurs. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)
Culture

How the Army’s cavalry scouts earn their spurs

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Nov 14, 2024

Garrett Cathcart having tea with Taliban fighters, hours after they were shooting at each other.
Culture

How tea with the Taliban inspired a veteran to bridge political divides at home

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Nov 7, 2024

North Korean military Russia internet
Humor

DoD can’t confirm whether North Korean troops in Russia are ‘gorging on pornography’

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Nov 5, 2024

An Army AH-64E Apache flight path drew 'hang loose' sign in sky
Culture

Army Apache pilot draws a ‘hang loose’ Shaka hand in Hawaii skies

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Oct 28, 2024

Screenshot of the video game Command, showing a two-dimensional grid off of the Korean Peninsula and a ship on the western side of it.
Culture

The Air Force is letting troops play this wargame on its secure networks

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 27, 2024

U.S Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, line up their M1A2 Abrams tank in the firing range staging area in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Feb. 16, 2023. The 4 ID and their supporting units are proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. John Schoebel)
Culture

How Army tank crews earn the right to name their tanks

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Oct 25, 2024