Read the latest articles from Task & Purpose (Page 189)

Air Force

The Air Force is looking into a possible link between cancer and missile crew duty

“Missileers are very proud of what we’ve done to serve our nation … so let’s get it right and be able to do this mission safely going forward.”

Army

The Army’s futuristic new goggles actually make soldiers less lethal, Pentagon weapons tester says

“Soldiers hit fewer targets and engaged targets more slowly with IVAS 1.0 than with their current equipment on the buddy team live fire range."

Marine Corps

Marines outwitted an AI security camera by hiding in a cardboard box and pretending to be trees

Why don’t you make like a tree, and defeat this advanced AI detection system?

Marine Corps

Video captures the moment a Marine vet ran into a frigid pond to save 2 people [Updated]

Semper Fi!

Russia

Russia’s new commander in Ukraine tells his troops: police that mustache

Police them moostache hairs!

Africa

US airstrike in Somalia kills roughly 30 al-Shabaab fighters

Al-Shabaab is a terrorist group with links to al-Qaida that carried out a January 2020 attack on Manda Bay, Kenya, that killed three Americans.

News

Two ISIS militants captured in a raid in Syria

The operation was the latest in a series of attacks against ISIS in the last three months.

Tanks

Watch a German Leopard 2 tank carry a beer and not spill a drop

The tank can do more than balance a drink, and that's why Ukraine wants it so bad.

Navy

The Navy wants to fish a ship out of a harbor after it sunk

The vessel sank Thursday evening after hitting a security barrier in the harbor.

Marine Corps

Another gun has gone missing at Camp Lejeune

The M18 pistol along with two magazines were reported missing on Thursday, Jan. 19.

News

SEAL deserter killed in Ukraine

Daniel Swift deserted in 2019. He ended up in Ukraine, where he was killed while fighting in Bakhmut.

News

‘War Thunder’ players are once again leaking sensitive military technology information on a video game forum

The latest leaks involve technical details for the F-15 and F-16.

Russia

Ukraine is getting Strykers from the US. Here’s how it might use them

More help for Ukraine — but no tanks yet.

Army

Soldier assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group killed in North Carolina shooting

Staff Sgt. Jimmy Lee Smith III joined the Army in 2016.

Munitions

US special operators to test an X-wing-like loitering munition

Red Five, standing by.

History

How a Cold War spy plane went from watching the Soviets to watching the weather for NASA

“Everything about the plane is kind of hard to do.”

Navy

2 Navy commanders fired in one day

The commanders of the USS Carney and the USS Mesa Verde were relieved on Wednesday.

Army

Jury sides with Virginia police officers who pepper-sprayed uniformed Army lieutenant

One of the police officers was later fired.

Russia

Pentagon: Russian military leaders are acting like they’re on ‘a reality TV show’

"It’s kind of like a reality TV show.”

Culture

How the military makes sure medals don’t look like garbage

“If the steel alloy is not properly tempered, it'll break. It'll literally just shatter."