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Mandatory Fun

6 smart habits of the US military’s most successful commanders

We need a few good men and women with leadership experience — and what better leadership school than the U.S. military?

Entertainment

The 4 military stereotypes that war movies get right

While we can laugh about the Hollywood blueprint for a war hero, or get annoyed when we see military portrayals go very wrong, the more I watch, the more that I have found there are some leadership roles that these movies actually get right

Afghanistan

The Taliban didn’t shoot at US forces in Afghanistan a single time for three months, DoD claims

The Taliban didn't conducted a single attack against U.S. or coalition forces over three months this spring, according to a new report from the Defense Department inspector general, an almost miraculous occurrence given the uptick in violence against Afghan security forces since the signing of the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in February

Navy

Former Navy SEAL says he did not throw a bomb at protesters but Portland police say he has ‘not been cleared’

When Task & Purpose asked former Navy SEAL Louis Garrick Fernbaugh if he threw an explosive device at protesters, he replied: 'No, I did not.'

United States

How the battle over the US Postal Service is costing veterans dearly

"The whole picture really isn't being shown with regards to how this transcends the whole veteran population who are being impacted by these delays."

United States

Here is the Democrats’ plan for the military if Biden wins in November

Here are a few of the highlights of the draft 2020 Democratic Party Platform.

Air Force

Civilian airport evacuated after live missile found just sitting inside shipping container

Now that's what you'd call a... MIS-guided missile.

Afghanistan

Iran reportedly paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack US troops in Afghanistan

U.S. intelligence officials believe a foreign government paid “bounties” to the Haqqani network, a terrorist group led by a senior Taliban official, to carry out an attack just outside Bagram Airfield in December

United States

SOCOM didn’t consistently document whether more than $800 million in gear met key performance metrics or not

U.S. Special Operations Command has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on specialized equipment that the command wasn't even sure met requirements, according to a new audit from the Defense Department inspector general

Korea

US Forces Korea raises health protection level again after spike in COVID-19 cases

Over the last several weeks, dozens of people affiliated with USFK have tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in South Korea

Middle East

US military denies Syrian state media report that helicopters attacked a Syrian army checkpoint

'There was no airstrike conducted anywhere near the vicinity of this incident.'

Army

The Army wants a drone swarm to back up its next-generation helicopters against enemy air defenses

The Army is on the hunt for a swarm of drones that can conduct surveillance, pose as decoys, wage electronic warfare, and even deliver lethal payloads in an airborne assist to the service's next-generation attack and reconnaissance helicopters

Middle East

The Pentagon’s missile full of swords has likely struck again in Syria

The drone strike that killed a mercenary trainer who recently worked with an Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group in Syria likely employed a unique variant of the beloved Hellfire missile, according to photos from the scene

United States

Trump mocks his own Secretary of Defense as ‘Yesper’ and admits that he’s considered firing him

President Donald Trump may be field-testing a new nickname for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

Entertainment

‘The Walking Dead’ is full of useless idiots, according to a Marine Corps sergeant major

I’ve spent nearly every season of "The Walking Dead" yelling at the television.

Mandatory Fun

How to dress like you ‘wanted to join the military, but…’

We've got everything you need to help land you in crushing debt as you spend huge wads of cash flaunting your almost service.

Opinion

We need to stop talking about a possible US military coup after the November election

Why the hell has the idea of a military coup suddenly become so acceptable to the mainstream?

United States

The Pentagon now has a task force searching for UFOs

The truth is out there.

Entertainment

The Army Esports team is back online after trolls kept asking about war crimes

Game on.

Air Force

An Air Force F-16 pilot will face off against an AI adversary in a simulated dogfight. Here’s how you can watch it live

The Air Force plans on pitting a seasoned F-16 fighter pilot against an artificial intelligence adversary for the first time in a simulated dogfight under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiative