Read the latest articles from Task & Purpose (Page 439)

Your next CNO: Adm. Bill Moran nominated to lead the Navy
News

Your next CNO: Adm. Bill Moran nominated to lead the Navy

"Adm. Moran is an extraordinary leader who has been a stalwart partner and advisor," Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said in a statement. "I look forward to working with him in the years ahead when he is confirmed."

The Army is full speed ahead with its powerful new Hellfire missile replacement
Army

The Army is full speed ahead with its powerful new Hellfire missile replacement

The JAGM — intended to replace the AGM-114 Hellfire, AGM-65 Maverick, and BGM-71 TOW air-launched systems — combines both semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar sensor technologies used in two different Hellfire variants

Watch Julian Assange, looking like bearded David Letterman, as he’s arrested outside Ecuador’s embassy
Americas

Watch Julian Assange, looking like bearded David Letterman, as he’s arrested outside Ecuador’s embassy

London police were invited into the embassy at Ecuador's request — Assange finally pissed them off enough.

Navy dropping charges against USS Fitzgerald’s former CO and tactical action officer for collision
Navy

Navy dropping charges against USS Fitzgerald’s former CO and tactical action officer for collision

The Navy's attempts to prosecute Cmdr. Bryce Benson had been rife with problems.

The VA failed to track a vet’s home care appointments. Then his foot became infected, and his leg had to be amputated
Military Life

The VA failed to track a vet’s home care appointments. Then his foot became infected, and his leg had to be amputated

Social workers at an Indianapolis VA hospital were told not to track home care visits with patients, and then a veteran's care went overlooked, his foot became infected, and he had to have it amputated.

You can now score the golden M16 once owned by a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Air Force

You can now score the golden M16 once owned by a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Nothing says "I'm the boss here" like a gold-plated firearm

Trump wants a larger, more aggressive mission for US troops at the Mexican border
News

Trump wants a larger, more aggressive mission for US troops at the Mexican border

"I'm going to have to call up more military. Our military – don't forget – can't act like a military would act. Because if they got a little rough, everybody would go crazy."

The Army’s new night vision goggles are finally here
Army

The Army’s new night vision goggles are finally here

And they might be replaced with something better in the next few years.

This Army officer died after donating bone marrow to save a complete stranger
Army

This Army officer died after donating bone marrow to save a complete stranger

"He was a man of immense character and kindness"

Military exchange suggests sports be played on TV instead of news in order to please the griping masses
Entertainment

Military exchange suggests sports be played on TV instead of news in order to please the griping masses

C'mon, y'all.

A Libyan militia rigged a Humvee with a monster 90mm cannon
Africa

A Libyan militia rigged a Humvee with a monster 90mm cannon

Just look at this beast.

2 veterans died by suicide at separate Georgia VA centers in one weekend
Mental Health

2 veterans died by suicide at separate Georgia VA centers in one weekend

Two veterans killed themselves at separate Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in Georgia over the weekend, refocusing attention on what the VA has called its "highest clinical priority"

DoD identifies three Marines killed in Afghanistan
Marine Corps

DoD identifies three Marines killed in Afghanistan

The three deaths mark the Marine Corps' first combat casualties since March 2016.

The Army just awarded $976 million in contracts for border wall construction
Army

The Army just awarded $976 million in contracts for border wall construction

The money for the border wall comes from the Defense Department's counter-narcotics funds.

Marine Commandant: Border deployments aren’t hurting readiness, even though I said they would
News

Marine Commandant: Border deployments aren’t hurting readiness, even though I said they would

Deploying troops to the U.S.-Mexico hasn't hurt Marine Corps readiness as much as previously reported, Commandant Gen. Robert Neller told lawmakers on Tuesday, directly contradicting the "unacceptable risk" to readiness the Corps' top officer had explicitly detailed in a pair of internal memos that leaked last month

Trump officially nominates Gen. Mark Milley to take over as Joint Chiefs chairman
Army

Trump officially nominates Gen. Mark Milley to take over as Joint Chiefs chairman

President Donald Trump has officially nominated Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to take over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced on Tuesday

Meet the former Air Force test pilot who broke into the marijuana industry and wants you to join him
Air Force

Meet the former Air Force test pilot who broke into the marijuana industry and wants you to join him

"Don't say no immediately to something just because it seems weird..."

The last Doolittle Raider has died at 103
News

The last Doolittle Raider has died at 103

"We're going to miss Col. Cole and we offer our eternal thanks and our condolences to his family. The legacy of the Doolittle Raiders will live forever in the hearts and minds of airmen long after we've all departed."

Trump, who likes people who weren’t captured, honors former POWs anyway
United States

Trump, who likes people who weren’t captured, honors former POWs anyway

President Donald Trump wants to honor former prisoners of war, even if he prefers U.S. service members who, you know, weren't prisoners of war

Ex-SOUTHCOM commanders: Cutting aid to Central America will only make border problem ‘more costly’
Americas

Ex-SOUTHCOM commanders: Cutting aid to Central America will only make border problem ‘more costly’

Five former commanders of U.S. Southern Command have warned in an open letter that cutting aid to Central America will only make matters worse on America's southern border.