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Posted on Nov 15, 2022

Marine Corps

The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon is getting its first female commander ever

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 15, 2022

Air Force

Are US military aircraft really as broken as a government watchdog says they are?

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 15, 2022

Russia

Russian-made missile strikes NATO member Poland

By Max Hauptman, Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 15, 2022

Navy

Navy seizes ‘massive amount of explosive material’ from boat en route from Iran to Yemen

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 15, 2022

Ukraine

The US is sending Avenger air defense systems to Ukraine to keep the skies free of Russian aircraft

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 14, 2022

Marine Corps

Charges dismissed against Marines who stranded more than 100 people on the San Diego Zoo gondola

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 14, 2022

News

The US wants to ship Ukraine howitzer ammunition from South Korea amid record shelling

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 13, 2022

News

Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 13, 2022

News

Six dead after two WWII-era planes collide mid-air at Dallas airshow [Updated]

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 12, 2022

Space Force

Space Force’s secretive space plane is back on Earth after a record 908 days in orbit

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 12, 2022

News

Ukraine is crowdfunding a naval drone fleet to repeat its Black Sea success

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 12, 2022

Marine Corps

Marine Corps charges Parris Island drill instructor with negligent homicide for recruit’s death

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

Air Force

What Americans are getting wrong about veterans

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

Air Force

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

Army

The Army Reserve chief wants leaders to stop wasting soldiers’ drill time on paperwork

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

Russia

Pentagon: Russia has lost half of its main battle tanks in Ukraine

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

Europe

What Russia’s retreat from Kherson would mean for the war in Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

Space Force

‘Space troopers’ are real and US Space Command has 300 of them

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 10, 2022

Air Force

Do you really have to let the chain of command inspect your off-post housing?

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 9, 2022

Army

‘Step away from the uniform’ — Army Reserve chief reminds soldiers of rules for political campaigns

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 9, 2022

United States

These are the veterans elected to Congress for the first time during the midterms

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 9, 2022

Air Force

How airmen perform the fine art of arming F-16 fighter jets with deadly weapons

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 9, 2022

China

US Strategic Command chief: Ukraine ‘just the warmup’ for ‘the big one’ with China

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 8, 2022

Navy

Here are the US weapons Ukraine would need to sink Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 8, 2022

Navy

Navy relieves USS Normandy commander after less than 9 months on the job

By Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 8, 2022

Air Force

Why the C-17 is the US military’s flying hospital of choice

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 8, 2022

Marine Corps

Marines may charge Parris Island drill instructor for recruit’s death in 2021

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

Ukraine

Russia hasn’t killed any US-supplied HIMARS in Ukraine, according to a senior defense official

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

Indo-Pacific

North Korea says recent missile tests were practice to ‘mercilessly’ strike US air bases

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

Air Force

What it takes to join the Air Force’s 24/7 ‘SWAT’ team for nuclear missile fields

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

News

Military successfully drained fuel pipelines linking Red Hill to Pearl Harbor

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 7, 2022

Space Force

Space Force’s secretive X-37B plane has spent more than 900 days in orbit

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 6, 2022

Navy

The Navy wants to turn submarines into ‘UUV motherships’

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 6, 2022

Ukraine

Watch a lone Ukrainian paratrooper single-handedly knock out a Russian tank

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 5, 2022

Army

Fort Riley specialist charged with stabbing fellow soldier to death

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Nov 5, 2022

Middle East

American woman gets 20 years in prison for training and leading all-female ISIS battalion

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

Europe

The US is sending tanks to Ukraine, just not American ones

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

Army

Netflix documentary shows Vanessa Guillén’s family’s fight for answers in the wake of her murder

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

Air Force

Air Force claims ‘no intent by the pilots’ to draw sky penis near Russian base in Syria

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

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Air Force

Air Force C-17 crew receives Distinguished Flying Cross for hauling record 823 people to safety during Kabul airlift

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 4, 2022

Iran

Why the US still has not defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to a new report

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

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Letter from the editor: The next chapter at Task & Purpose

By Marty Skovlund Jr.

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

Army

The Army screwed over soldiers in an enlistment bonus fraud investigation. Now it’s trying to fix it

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

Air Force

Inside the Army school where helicopter pilots learn the dangerous art of mountain flying

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

Army

We salute the Army tank crew that named their tank ‘come on bro’

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 3, 2022

Pedestrians walk under a large video screen showing images of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a news update in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2022.

Indo-Pacific

North Korea’s ballistic missile barrage signals a potentially dangerous escalation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Afghanistan

The US has funneled more than $1 billion into Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul with zero accountability

By Jared Keller

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Air Force

The US military is still struggling to figure out social media

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Air Force

These Air Force commandos saved troops under fire for years. Now they are fighting to save their buddies

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Navy

Why the Navy is shooting fungus into space

By David Roza

Posted on Nov 2, 2022

Army

Jet packs and helmet radios: what the Army’s 1959 ‘soldier of the future’ got right and wrong

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

Ukraine

Dramatic video shows why Russian helicopters are sitting ducks in Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

Navy

What the US Navy must learn from Ukraine’s bold drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

Navy

Navy jet considered ‘beyond repair’ returns to flight 5 years after mid-air collision

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

Air Force

The Air Force is using memes and emojis to show airmen what sexual harassment looks like online

By Jared Keller

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

Analysis

‘They’re judge and they’re jury’ — How the military’s malpractice claims process is failing troops and families

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

News

Russia mobilized 300,000 new soldiers. They’re just poorly equipped and trained

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 31, 2022

Air Force

The Air Force successfully flew a KC-46 Pegasus with only a two-person crew

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 30, 2022

Air Force

The Air Force plans to replace its F-15 force in Japan with more modern fighter jets

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 29, 2022

News

Video shows alleged Ukrainian drone swarm attack on Russian warships in Crimea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Oct 29, 2022

Army

Former Army sergeant admits to murdering soldier who reported his marijuana use

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Oct 28, 2022

Air Force

Why the Air Force uses a ‘chicken gun’ to launch bird carcasses at its own aircraft

By David Roza

Posted on Oct 28, 2022

News

This video of a drone airdropping an armed robot dog is the stuff of dystopian nightmares

By Jared Keller

Posted on Oct 27, 2022

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Navy captain censured over fatal Marine AAV accident recommended to command aircraft carrier

The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon is getting its first female commander ever

Are US military aircraft really as broken as a government watchdog says they are?

Russian-made missile strikes NATO member Poland

Navy seizes ‘massive amount of explosive material’ from boat en route from Iran to Yemen

The US is sending Avenger air defense systems to Ukraine to keep the skies free of Russian aircraft

Charges dismissed against Marines who stranded more than 100 people on the San Diego Zoo gondola

The US wants to ship Ukraine howitzer ammunition from South Korea amid record shelling

Korean War soldier’s remains identified after more than seven decades

Six dead after two WWII-era planes collide mid-air at Dallas airshow [Updated]

Space Force’s secretive space plane is back on Earth after a record 908 days in orbit

Ukraine is crowdfunding a naval drone fleet to repeat its Black Sea success

Marine Corps charges Parris Island drill instructor with negligent homicide for recruit’s death

What Americans are getting wrong about veterans

Watch an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress go toe-to-toe with a flock of birds

The Army Reserve chief wants leaders to stop wasting soldiers’ drill time on paperwork

Pentagon: Russia has lost half of its main battle tanks in Ukraine

What Russia’s retreat from Kherson would mean for the war in Ukraine

‘Space troopers’ are real and US Space Command has 300 of them

Do you really have to let the chain of command inspect your off-post housing?

‘Step away from the uniform’ — Army Reserve chief reminds soldiers of rules for political campaigns

These are the veterans elected to Congress for the first time during the midterms

How airmen perform the fine art of arming F-16 fighter jets with deadly weapons

US Strategic Command chief: Ukraine ‘just the warmup’ for ‘the big one’ with China

Here are the US weapons Ukraine would need to sink Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

Navy relieves USS Normandy commander after less than 9 months on the job

Why the C-17 is the US military’s flying hospital of choice

Marines may charge Parris Island drill instructor for recruit’s death in 2021

Russia hasn’t killed any US-supplied HIMARS in Ukraine, according to a senior defense official

North Korea says recent missile tests were practice to ‘mercilessly’ strike US air bases

What it takes to join the Air Force’s 24/7 ‘SWAT’ team for nuclear missile fields

Military successfully drained fuel pipelines linking Red Hill to Pearl Harbor

Space Force’s secretive X-37B plane has spent more than 900 days in orbit

The Navy wants to turn submarines into ‘UUV motherships’

Watch a lone Ukrainian paratrooper single-handedly knock out a Russian tank

Fort Riley specialist charged with stabbing fellow soldier to death

American woman gets 20 years in prison for training and leading all-female ISIS battalion

The US is sending tanks to Ukraine, just not American ones

Netflix documentary shows Vanessa Guillén’s family’s fight for answers in the wake of her murder

Air Force claims ‘no intent by the pilots’ to draw sky penis near Russian base in Syria

Air Force C-17 crew receives Distinguished Flying Cross for hauling record 823 people to safety during Kabul airlift

Why the US still has not defeated ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to a new report

Letter from the editor: The next chapter at Task & Purpose

The Army screwed over soldiers in an enlistment bonus fraud investigation. Now it’s trying to fix it

Inside the Army school where helicopter pilots learn the dangerous art of mountain flying

We salute the Army tank crew that named their tank ‘come on bro’

North Korea’s ballistic missile barrage signals a potentially dangerous escalation

The US has funneled more than $1 billion into Afghanistan since the fall of Kabul with zero accountability

The US military is still struggling to figure out social media

These Air Force commandos saved troops under fire for years. Now they are fighting to save their buddies

Why the Navy is shooting fungus into space

Jet packs and helmet radios: what the Army’s 1959 ‘soldier of the future’ got right and wrong

Dramatic video shows why Russian helicopters are sitting ducks in Ukraine

What the US Navy must learn from Ukraine’s bold drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

Navy jet considered ‘beyond repair’ returns to flight 5 years after mid-air collision

The Air Force is using memes and emojis to show airmen what sexual harassment looks like online

‘They’re judge and they’re jury’ — How the military’s malpractice claims process is failing troops and families

Russia mobilized 300,000 new soldiers. They’re just poorly equipped and trained

The Air Force successfully flew a KC-46 Pegasus with only a two-person crew

The Air Force plans to replace its F-15 force in Japan with more modern fighter jets

Video shows alleged Ukrainian drone swarm attack on Russian warships in Crimea

Former Army sergeant admits to murdering soldier who reported his marijuana use

Why the Air Force uses a ‘chicken gun’ to launch bird carcasses at its own aircraft

This video of a drone airdropping an armed robot dog is the stuff of dystopian nightmares

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