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The new Air Force fitness test will feature walking instead of running and modified push-ups
Air Force

The new Air Force fitness test will feature walking instead of running and modified push-ups

The service is experimenting with a 'choose your own adventure' physical fitness test.

Are the recent airstrikes in Iraq and Syria really as ‘defensive’ as the Pentagon claims?
Iraq

Are the recent airstrikes in Iraq and Syria really as ‘defensive’ as the Pentagon claims?

The best offense is a good defense.

12 military books we’d love to see adapted to movies and TV shows
Entertainment

12 military books we’d love to see adapted to movies and TV shows

Matterhorn. About Face. The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors... the list goes on.

What military books do you want to see adapted for film and television?
Entertainment

What military books do you want to see adapted for film and television?

There are so many: 'Matterhorn,' 'Redeployment,' 'Dispatches'...

What we know about the Air Force veteran killed in an alleged hate crime in Massachusetts
Air Force

What we know about the Air Force veteran killed in an alleged hate crime in Massachusetts

“She was a beloved colleague who will be greatly missed.”

General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Army

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is tired of ignorant bullsh*t from people who don’t like to read

"I've read Mao Zedong, I've read Karl Marx, I've read Lenin. That doesn't make me a communist."

Air Force authorizes baseball caps in uniform
Air Force

Air Force authorizes baseball caps in uniform

Take me out to the (Big Blue) ball game...

defense secretary lloyd austin
United States

The Pentagon watchdog is hiring someone to focus on extremism in the military

The full-time job has a salary range between $161,700 and $199,300 per year.

How to get the most out of your veteran education benefits
Transition

How to get the most out of your veteran education benefits

Getting a degree doesn’t have to break the bank.

US strikes in Syria and Iraq show the evolving fight against ISIS and now Iran
Iran

US strikes in Syria and Iraq show the evolving fight against ISIS and now Iran

Forever War Lite.

Here’s what you should know about product reviews on Task & Purpose
Opinion

Here’s what you should know about product reviews on Task & Purpose

Here's how we review the latest and greatest gear and tech on the market.

America has less than 80 days to keep its promise to Afghan interpreters
Afghanistan

America has less than 80 days to keep its promise to Afghan interpreters

'They should have started months ago.'

ac-130 crew
Afghanistan War

AC-130 gunship crew awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for saving 88 lives during Afghanistan battle

“I always say gunships are a team sport; you really can’t do something like this without a great team."

Husband of pregnant soldier speaks out about her unit leaving her behind without food
Army

Husband of pregnant soldier speaks out about her unit leaving her behind without food

"[T]hey didn’t do the bare minimum of at least making sure there were MREs there."

Tucker Carlson claims Gen. Milley is not qualified to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He’s wrong.
Entertainment

Tucker Carlson claims Gen. Milley is not qualified to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He’s wrong.

Milley has at least seven more combat deployments than Tucker Carlson.

Air Force combat controller breaks down that wild desert airstrike scene from ‘Transformers’
Entertainment

Air Force combat controller breaks down that wild desert airstrike scene from ‘Transformers’

"What CCTs do is they stitch everything together, and they determine whether everyone on the battlefield lives or dies."

This is the Army’s updated policy for transgender soldiers
Army

This is the Army’s updated policy for transgender soldiers

"A soldier's gender identity will no longer be a basis for involuntary separation."

Pride flag
United States

VA accused of wading into ‘culture wars’ with gender-confirmation surgery for trans vets

Politics or life-saving necessity?

US to begin evacuating Afghan interpreters before troop withdrawal [Updated]
Afghanistan

US to begin evacuating Afghan interpreters before troop withdrawal [Updated]

About 18,000 Afghans have applied for visas.

lincoln military housing
Marine Corps

USAA pays off Marine family’s $14,000 bill from private military housing company

“Overall, we received a lot of shocked responses from service members on social media."