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The ex-Acting Navy Secretary’s last wish was to name a few ships. That didn’t happen, so we came up with some
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The ex-Acting Navy Secretary’s last wish was to name a few ships. That didn’t happen, so we came up with some

The last thing acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly wanted to do was name a ship. Since he never got that chance, we here at Task & Purpose decided to step in to help with a few ideas of our own.

The Army developed a drone camera you can fire from a grenade launcher
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The Army developed a drone camera you can fire from a grenade launcher

Scientists from the Army Research Laboratory envision that their new Grenade Launched Unmanned Aerial System (GLUAS) will provide soldiers with an eye in the sky during a firefight

The Army is eyeing 30mm autocannons for even more of its Stryker fleet
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The Army is eyeing 30mm autocannons for even more of its Stryker fleet

After testing out a batch of upgunned Stryker infantry fighting vehicles in Europe, the Army appears poised to field its beastly new 30mm autocannon system across even more of its existing Stryker fleet

The USS Nimitz narrowly avoided a major COVID-19 outbreak, Navy officials say
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The USS Nimitz narrowly avoided a major COVID-19 outbreak, Navy officials say

The two sailors being treated for COVID-19 were off the ship before the fast cruise started on April 1, Navy officials told Task & Purpose

82nd Airborne Division paratroopers are stuck in the Middle East due to Iran and COVID-19
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82nd Airborne Division paratroopers are stuck in the Middle East due to Iran and COVID-19

Thousands of paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division have no timeline for when they will be coming home

A USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor is in the ICU with COVID-19 as positive cases rise
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A USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor is in the ICU with COVID-19 as positive cases rise

The sailor had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 30 and at the time of hospitalization was in a 14-day isolation period, the Navy said

The VA needs to do more to protect nurses and doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic
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The VA needs to do more to protect nurses and doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Former Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin says that the department isn't doing enough to protect its healthcare workers — and that could have dire consequences as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

These states contributed the most troops to America’s wars in 2019
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These states contributed the most troops to America’s wars in 2019

As the Global War on Terror enters its 19th year, new research underscores how different states are bearing the human costs of the forever wars

Trump says voting by mail is bad. US troops do it all the time
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Trump says voting by mail is bad. US troops do it all the time

More than two-thirds of service members who voted in the 2018 elections submitted an absentee ballot.

The militants fired an RPG at a C-130. They didn’t expect the MQ-9 Reaper to respond
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The militants fired an RPG at a C-130. They didn’t expect the MQ-9 Reaper to respond

A group of militants recently took a shot at an Air Force C-130 Hercules — and got their asses handed to them in the process

No joke, Steve Carell’s ‘Space Force’ parody is launching on Netflix in May
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No joke, Steve Carell’s ‘Space Force’ parody is launching on Netflix in May

We can't f'ing wait.

DARPA wants to use science to help you sleep better and poop good
Military Life

DARPA wants to use science to help you sleep better and poop good

ADAPTER would take the form of an “implantable or ingestible bioelectronic carrier that can provide warfighters control over their own physiology,” according to DARPA

Leader of ISIS in Afghanistan arrested
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Leader of ISIS in Afghanistan arrested

Abdullah Orakzai, also known as Aslam Farooqi, was arrested alongside 19 other militants in a "targeted and sophisticated operation," Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said in a statement

We salute the Navy vet who passed away this week after serving DoD for 78 years
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We salute the Navy vet who passed away this week after serving DoD for 78 years

"I was retirement eligible in October 1973," Tatigian said three years ago. "If you love what you do and derive a sense of personal worthiness, it's not really work.”

More than 1,000 VA employees have tested positive for COVID-19
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More than 1,000 VA employees have tested positive for COVID-19

More than 1,000 Veterans Affairs employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to data provided to Task & Purpose by the VA.

Corps says Marines won’t be allowed to wear N95 or surgical masks, even if they own them
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Corps says Marines won’t be allowed to wear N95 or surgical masks, even if they own them

"The Marine Corps considers N95 masks to be prioritized for medical personnel."

Ousted Navy secretary takes responsibility for Theodore Roosevelt fiasco: ‘It’s my fault. I own it’
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Ousted Navy secretary takes responsibility for Theodore Roosevelt fiasco: ‘It’s my fault. I own it’

"I know what I have to do save the ship."

Yet another aircraft carrier has reported a positive COVID-19 case
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Yet another aircraft carrier has reported a positive COVID-19 case

At least two sailors assigned to the USS Nimitz has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last week, Politico reports, the Navy's fourth aircraft carrier to report a positive case of the virus among its crew

Army Undersecretary James McPherson to take over as Acting Navy Secretary
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Army Undersecretary James McPherson to take over as Acting Navy Secretary

McPherson retired in 2006 as the Judge Advocate General of the Navy

Veterans group calls on lawmakers to credential former medics to join the fight against COVID-19
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Veterans group calls on lawmakers to credential former medics to join the fight against COVID-19

Team Rubicon is calling on state governors and members of Congress to allow former military medical personnel to be credentialed so they can help overburdened hospitals amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak