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

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

The small space plane has been conducting a series of experiments from the upper atmosphere for the last two years.

Soldiers are finally getting a ‘robotic mule’ to haul all their heavy sh*t for them
Vehicles

Soldiers are finally getting a ‘robotic mule’ to haul all their heavy sh*t for them

Kiss all that garbage you’re forced to ruck with goodbye.

The Navy wants to turn submarines into ‘UUV motherships’
Drone Swarms

The Navy wants to turn submarines into ‘UUV motherships’

That plan depends on being able to recover the drones through torpedo tubes.

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

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

The video captures why Ukraine is doing so well.

Fort Riley specialist charged with stabbing fellow soldier to death
Army

Fort Riley specialist charged with stabbing fellow soldier to death

The indictment stems from an August assault that left multiple people injured.

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

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

Her team trained girls as young as 10 to use automatic weapons and suicide belts.

Tanks for Ukraine
Europe

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

This is the first time that the United States has included tanks in its military assistance to Ukraine.

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

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

“This was not one of those cases the military could sweep under the rug.”

We salute the Marine who got promoted at a fried chicken restaurant on base
Mandatory Fun

We salute the Marine who got promoted at a fried chicken restaurant on base

Sweet, tasty promotion.

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

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

Sometimes miracles happen.

DFC, C-17, Afghanistan, Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force

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

“Eight hundred people on your jet? Holy … holy cow.”

Syrian Democratic Forces
Iran

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

More than three years after losing its caliphate, ISIS is down but it’s certainly not out.

human bomb, surgeon, air force
Vietnam War

That time Air Force surgeons disarmed a ‘human bomb’ in Vietnam

All in a day’s work.

marty skovlund jr task and purpose editor in chief
News

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

I'm excited to announce I've returned to Task & Purpose as the next editor-in-chief.

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

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

“It is clear that we fell short in a large number of these investigations.”

mountain training
Rescue

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

Welcome to 'High School.'

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

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

Bro. Bro. Come on, bro.

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

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into South Korean waters for the first time since World War II.

Afghanistan taliban us military equipment
Afghanistan

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

Multiple U.S. agencies refused to cooperate with the government's top Afghanistan reconstruction watchdog.

That time Pepsi promised to give away an actual fighter jet
Entertainment

That time Pepsi promised to give away an actual fighter jet

The cola wars were real.