Mandatory Fun

Ralph Lauren is looking for a few rich idiots to drop nearly $500 on this jacket worth about $20

For the tacticool aficionado with a trust fund.

11 of the best military books we read this year

Here's a brief list of some of the best military books we read here at Task & Purpose in the...

We found the Army’s official pumpkin pie recipe and it’s actually not bad

I should have called Robert Irvine.

Pentagon pours cold water on summit with New England Patriots coach over Armenian conflict

New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick had said he really hoped the U.S. military would intervene in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

We salute this Army marksman for slicing a playing card in half with his service pistol

The Army Marksmanship Unit is, by name and reputation, a nexus of certified badasses in the ranks of the U.S....

Army Marksmanship Unit playing card shot

This U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Pistol Team Soldier regularly competes in bullseye competitions that require shooting with one hand....

Disney security guards have freaking challenge coins and we have to talk about it

Turns out that Disney challenge coins are, in fact, a real thing.

Check out these incredible photos of all four Air Force tactical demo team jets flying in formation

What's better than one Air Force demonstration team? How about all four — at the same time?

Watch this A-10 pilot pull off a ballsy landing without landing gear or canopy

You can watch the exact moment when an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot successfully landed his aircraft without landing gear or...

The crazy scene in ‘Three Kings’ with C4-laced footballs was more accurate than you might think

'Three Kings' is, by most measures, an unusual war movie. The sequence with the exploding Nerf football, however, is anything...

The Army wants you to test your might in COVID Kombat

Choose your fighter. Will you be: The Dangler? The Nose Breather? The Denier?

The Army wants you to survive COVID Kombat

Abstract sky penis above Ramstein Air Base evokes early Modernist themes

The image makes up for its lack of anatomical realism with its throbbing impulse to break from traditional modes of...

This airman created an outrageously realistic ‘Iron Man’ suit

Meet the active-duty airman who created an unbelievably realistic Iron Man suit all on his own

Drop everything and watch this adorable video of two kids leaving messages for their deployed dad

I am an emotional wreck

A sergeant major had a grown man handcuffed after he was stopped for wearing headphones

"Headphones? Straight to jail."

The Pentagon’s newest senior leader pick is whining about people being mean to him on Twitter

Scott O’Grady is, by all measures, a man of remarkable resolve — except when it comes to criticism on Twitter,...

Fort Bragg’s horny tweets are earning this sex worker thousands of dollars a month

Quinn Finite was in the car with her boyfriend when she started receiving hundreds of alerts after the official Twitter...

We salute the USS Ronald Reagan for rocking its battle flag on its way back to port

The USS Ronald Reagan returned to its homeport of Yokosuka, Japan over the weekend after a six-month deployment to the...

Black Hawk flight over Hawaii

Why the Navy manages its own private white oak forest

The Navy grows a forest of white oaks in Indiana for the sole purpose of restoring and refitting the USS...

The Pentagon reportedly published cartoons depicting Russian hackers as silly bears in order to infuriate them

The Department of Defense's Cyber Command regularly announces hacking operations that they're countering — but in recent weeks, those announcements...

Here’s how much Windex it takes to make the Air Force Thunderbirds look so shiny

“We wipe every single bug from the rudder to the gear to make sure the paint job’s looking good"

From the Halls of Montezuma to infinity and beyond: now introducing Space Marines

"SPACE MARINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Check out these photos of Russian troops doing some real ninja sh*t

The Russian Ministry of Defense recently dropped a cache of photos showing service members participating in specialized combat training in...