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Navy carrier group visits South Korea after the North tests new missiles
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived in South Korea only days after Pyongyang carried out its fourth missile test this year.
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Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’
“It feels like getting stabbed in the back,” said one veteran fired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who was three weeks away from having a permanent position.
Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
The Skyraider II will be able to conduct close air support missions and provide armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Veterans caught up in mass federal layoffs — and the smoke hasn’t cleared
Thousands have recently been fired from federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, and many of them are vets.
These are the Army’s best medics of 2025
Two Army medics treated multiple patients, including a canine, dodged simulated drone attacks and rucked 60 miles at the Army’s Best Medic Competition.
Soldier on Army’s ‘most-wanted’ list for 9 years sentenced to prison
Staff Sgt. Ulises Moore-Ramirez, who was deemed a deserter for nine years, was sentenced for an array of crimes.
Army fixes barracks issue, after soldier turns to social media
The Army fixed the air conditioning in Building 356 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, which had been shut off for nearly a month, after a soldier posted about the issue on the Hots & Cots app.
‘Cuts like these move us in the wrong direction’ — Veterans groups raise alarm in response to VA firings
Veterans groups have voiced concern about thousands of recent firings at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
This airman cared for a sick passenger for eight hours on an international flight
Two hours after her flight took off from Tokyo, Air Force Capt. Theresa Ziegler, learned that a passenger aboard the plane was sick, Her job as a flight nurse had prepared her for this.
Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says
Officials at the Future Soldier Prep Course acknowledged staffing issues but insisted that recruits had suffered no health issues and were adding much-needed number to Army recruiting.
Supreme Court refuses, yet again, to review whether military members can sue for malpractice
A Maryland Air National Guard reservist was paralyzed in 2018 by botched back surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but can’t sue under the long-standing Feres doctrine.
Here’s why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches
Under a new order, soldiers will now wear the insignia patch of their garrison commander, or their home base.
Airman reenlists as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts into space
The photo shows Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Burks reenlisting as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off the launchpad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
As the VA celebrates 100 years of medical research, the very people doing that job are being fired
Researchers working on veterans issues from mental health to burn pit exposures may see their projects ended under Trump budget cuts and a hiring freeze.
10th Mountain Division marks 80 years since cliff face victory in World War II
80 years ago soldiers scaled a sheer cliff to take a crucial mountain position. This month modern troops skied up a mountain to commemorate.
This is the moment troops in Greenland saw the sun for the first time in 3 months
The military’s northernmost base, located north of the Arctic Circle in a blisteringly cold part of Greenland, doesn’t see the Sun for several months each year.
Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader
Some who knew Col. Myron Harrington in retired life never knew he had been a Marine, but fighting in the City of Hue, Harrington was awarded the Silver Star and Navy Cross a week apart.
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.
