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NASA’s new toilet uses super-powerful acid to turn astronaut urine into drinking water
Mandatory Fun

NASA’s new toilet uses super-powerful acid to turn astronaut urine into drinking water

“When the astronauts have to go, we want to allow them to boldly go."

The Army on its slight increase in recruiting women and minorities: Please clap
Army

The Army on its slight increase in recruiting women and minorities: Please clap

“To me, there is no cap — when you look at all the demographics, gender, whether its minorities — there is no cap that we will follow."

The Pentagon has funneled $7.4 billion in surplus military gear to police forces that don’t want or need it
United States

The Pentagon has funneled $7.4 billion in surplus military gear to police forces that don’t want or need it

Since 1990, the Defense Department has funneled more than $7.4 billion in excess military gear to nearly 8,000 federal and state law enforcement agencies across the United States

This viral video asks the one question we all know the answer to: ‘What would you say to your recruiter?’
Mandatory Fun

This viral video asks the one question we all know the answer to: ‘What would you say to your recruiter?’

Personally, I think there's just one surefire way to know if someone served in the miltiary, short of looking at their discharge papers: Ask them what they'd say to their recruiter.

Army to discipline supervisor of soldiers who appeared in Democratic National Convention video
Army

Army to discipline supervisor of soldiers who appeared in Democratic National Convention video

The Army plans on disciplining the supervisor of two Army Reserve soldiers who appeared in uniform during a Democratic National Convention video in August

Meet the (probably soon to be former) Marine who just dropped a not-so-hot racist track on Instagram
Marine Corps

Meet the (probably soon to be former) Marine who just dropped a not-so-hot racist track on Instagram

"There is no place for racism in the Marine Corps."

The Pentagon won’t say if all US troops are actually leaving Afghanistan by Christmas
Afghanistan

The Pentagon won’t say if all US troops are actually leaving Afghanistan by Christmas

A day after President Donald Trump tweeted that all U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be home by the end of the year, the silence coming from top military leaders was so intense that one could practically hear a mouse fart.

Trump says everyone in the Army wanted ‘the belt’ on their uniform
Army

Trump says everyone in the Army wanted ‘the belt’ on their uniform

"Even in the Army, all brand new uniforms with the belt, everybody wanted the belt."

Navy SEAL who saved 3 kids from drowning receives medal for his heroism
Navy

Navy SEAL who saved 3 kids from drowning receives medal for his heroism

“I was reminded of the seven-mile swim we do in BUD/S, and I thought to myself, if I have to I can do this all day"

The Marine Corps’ #2 officer just tested positive for COVID-19
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps’ #2 officer just tested positive for COVID-19

The Marine Corps' second-highest-ranking officer has tested positive for COVID-19, according to defense officials.

US moves from conditions-based withdrawal to inelegant bug-out from Afghanistan
Afghanistan

US moves from conditions-based withdrawal to inelegant bug-out from Afghanistan

The Afghan government has neither been informed nor consulted about any U.S. military plan to draw down to 2,500 troops next year, an Afghan official told Task & Purpose on Wednesday.

Soldiers are officially getting a brand new rifle optic
Army

Soldiers are officially getting a brand new rifle optic

The Army has awarded a contract for a new variable-power rifle optic designed to replace the existing Rifle Combat Optic (RCO) on the M4A1 carbine

A new Army field manual has tips for ‘productive self-talk.’ Here are some examples the service should add
Humor

A new Army field manual has tips for ‘productive self-talk.’ Here are some examples the service should add

Welcome to motivation station!

COVID-19 puts the military’s chain of command into quarantine
United States

COVID-19 puts the military’s chain of command into quarantine

All of the officers who had contact with Ray have tested negative for COVID-19 so far.

Meet the Navy’s most adorable boat: the Boomin’ Beaver
Mandatory Fun

Meet the Navy’s most adorable boat: the Boomin’ Beaver

The 19-foot mini tugboats actually play an important role protecting their larger siblings

Cranberry juice and Fleetwood Mac may be our new favorite military social media trend
Mandatory Fun

Cranberry juice and Fleetwood Mac may be our new favorite military social media trend

Yes, your latest military social media trend has arrived, and honestly, this is one I can actually get behind

The Air Force is experimenting with a brand new way to put warheads on foreheads
Air Force

The Air Force is experimenting with a brand new way to put warheads on foreheads

The Air Force is continuing to experiment with delivering munitions on pallets thrown from the back of cargo aircraft as a way to turn transports into munitions trucks that provide additional strike capacity during a potential future conflict

Thousands of US troops have come home from Iraq
Iraq

Thousands of US troops have come home from Iraq

The latest Iraq drawdown is complete.

The next chapter in the Task & Purpose story
United States

The next chapter in the Task & Purpose story

I’m incredibly excited to tell you about the next chapter in the Task & Purpose story.

Leading military website Task & Purpose joins The War Zone at Brookline Media
United States

Leading military website Task & Purpose joins The War Zone at Brookline Media