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CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama ‘The Code’
United States

CBS has cancelled infuriatingly inaccurate military drama ‘The Code’

It looks like America broke The Code, and not in a good way

Veterans: It’s on you to bridge the civil-military divide
News

Veterans: It’s on you to bridge the civil-military divide

In the real world the number of jobs where run time and pull-ups are part of your performance evaluation is vanishingly small.

Meet the M1299, the new Army howitzer with twice the range of the Paladin
Army

Meet the M1299, the new Army howitzer with twice the range of the Paladin

The future of Army long-range precision officially has a name

Defense Secretary says US military ‘will be available’ to escort commercial ships passing Iran
News

Defense Secretary says US military ‘will be available’ to escort commercial ships passing Iran

"We would want to prevent the Iranians seizing or stopping a ship, certainly for any arbitrary reason whatsoever."

The Marine Corps is getting ‘a web of all-seeing eyes’ to keep watch on bases around the world
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is getting ‘a web of all-seeing eyes’ to keep watch on bases around the world

The Marine Corps has tapped a new Silicon Valley defense firm to develop a "digital fortress" of unified surveillance systems in order to enhance the situational awareness of security forces at installations around the world

Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz
Marine Corps

Marines may have bagged a second Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz

The head of U.S. Central Command revealed on Tuesday that a second Iranian drone was likely downed after it approached the USS Boxer.

Green Beret with terminal cancer meets Trump to rally support for military medical malpractice reform
News

Green Beret with terminal cancer meets Trump to rally support for military medical malpractice reform

The brief talk with President Donald Trump is the most recent victory for Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal as he fights to overturn a decades-old legal rule that bars service members and their families from suing the government for military medical malpractice.

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy
Navy

Why Maverick is still a captain 30 years after ‘Top Gun,’ according to the Navy

How is it that Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is still flying combat missions in an F/A-18 Super Hornet as a 57-year-old captain after more than 30 years of service?

The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C.
Army

The Army is running a classified mission with black helicopters over Washington, D.C.

First, America had to grapple with the 'storm Area 51' raid. Now black helicopters are hovering ominously over Washington, D.C.

No, a Navy submariner didn’t receive special liberty to clap alien asscheeks at Area 51
Navy

No, a Navy submariner didn’t receive special liberty to clap alien asscheeks at Area 51

If it looks too good to be true, chances are it probably is

Trump says he could win the war in Afghanistan quickly, but he doesn’t want to kill millions of people
Afghanistan

Trump says he could win the war in Afghanistan quickly, but he doesn’t want to kill millions of people

"I don't want to kill 10 million people. I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth. It would be gone. It would be over in – literally in 10 days. And I don't want to do that. I don't want to go that route."

Navy identifies missing sailor who reportedly went overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln
Navy

Navy identifies missing sailor who reportedly went overboard from the USS Abraham Lincoln

His fiancé Lexi Posey posted on Facebook that Monday marked the couple's 38-month anniversary. They had planned to get married in April.

The Marine Corps’s first new sniper rifle since the Vietnam War is finally ready for a fight
Marine Corps

The Marine Corps’s first new sniper rifle since the Vietnam War is finally ready for a fight

The Mk13 Mod 7 sniper rifle is finally available in both scout snipers and recon Marine arsenals

New York Times op-ed lauding the Soviet space program is Bolshevik B.S.
Russia

New York Times op-ed lauding the Soviet space program is Bolshevik B.S.

Sophie Pinkham's op-ed comes at a bad time for journalists in the US. The fact that readers may believe she is a staff writer for the New York Times will give ammunition to elected officials who want to deport journalists to Soviet-style labor camps.

Video shows masked Iranian commandos rappelling onto British tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Europe

Video shows masked Iranian commandos rappelling onto British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Video footage aired on Iranian state television on Saturday shows masked commandos rappelling from a helicopter onto a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.

Pentagon identifies soldier who died in Kuwait
Army

Pentagon identifies soldier who died in Kuwait

A soldier who died in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, from a non-combat related incident on July 18 was identified by the Pentagon as Sgt. William Friese, a West Virginia Army National Guard soldier.

Alleged American ISIS sniper brought home by the Defense Department to face federal charges
United States

Alleged American ISIS sniper brought home by the Defense Department to face federal charges

A U.S. official confirmed to Task & Purpose that the Defense Department had transported Asainov from Syria to the United States.

This semi-autonomous pack mule may be on its way to Afghanistan
Afghanistan

This semi-autonomous pack mule may be on its way to Afghanistan

But I bet a real mule would require less maintenance.

Army recruiters signed off on hundreds of recruits who hadn’t passed a required fitness test
Army

Army recruiters signed off on hundreds of recruits who hadn’t passed a required fitness test

Recruiters were under pressure to meet recruiting goals for 2017.

We ran the military chain of command through FaceApp and the results were hilarious
Entertainment

We ran the military chain of command through FaceApp and the results were hilarious

What would happen to your military chain of command board if everyone from the President to the Defense Secretary got the same treatment? Well, you're in luck my friend, because we decided to find out.