Opinion

The Department of Defense reportedly plans on reducing and assigning special operations forces (SOF) in Africa by the hundreds and...

Every day, millions of young people swap selfies on Snapchat, update their status on Facebook, and swipe right on love...

An interesting conversation has sprung up in the Air Force regarding the officer promotion system recently, led by the pseudonymous...

If you hear a dull thud roughly every two seconds, that’s the sound of your favorite Pentagon correspondent banging his...

With more than $700 billion spent (and at least $15.5 billion outright wasted) on America's long war in Afghanistan, it's...

I stared at the bare rock face, harnessed up with ropes and carabiners, wondering where to start my climb. I...

As the American military becomes more isolated from society and society more disconnected from war, public understanding of its military...

President Donald Trump’s press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki was an unequivocal embarrassment for the United States....

Warning: This post may contain jokes. These past few months I’ve felt a little off, like an essential piece of...

Dear U.S. military planners, After eight years of both Active Duty and National Guard service, I will be hanging up...

Cameroon, the central African country once known as an oasis of stability amongst volatile neighbors, is falling apart. Recent disturbing...

It was known as “Operation Ranch Hand” while the Vietnam War simmered, then boiled. From the skies and the roadways,...

Noxious fumes from a 16-year-old decision by federal bureaucrats are finally beginning to dissipate for the Navy’s so-called “Blue Water”...

Marine Corps veteran and Wisconsin Senate hopeful Kevin Nicholson has been seen as a star candidate for the Wisconsin Republican...

There is a suicide crisis in the United States and it is getting worse. The problem is that no one...

Almost 17 years into Global War on Terror operations, the gulf that marks the familiarity gap between the military and...

I worked at an internment camp once. It was near Baghdad, on a small U.S. military base called Camp Cropper....

As the CEO of Task & Purpose, I’ve tried to create a community that is above partisan politics and all...

Plastic patriotism only appeals to the lowest common denominator of American. It's the kind of rah-rah posturing that the-less educated, less-intelligent, less-motivated, and wholly immature of our population seek when they're unable to find any satisfaction in their personal lives

We stood arm’s length from each other in the tense St. Regis hotel lobby, two reporters who speak the same...

A recent Task & Purpose article mentions the “trusty” e-tool among various “vet-tested” gear items for peacetime hiking. Without making...

Editor's note: Before publication, Task & Purpose reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a comment on the experiences...

"I consider myself a moderate... But to the far right, I’m a PC libtard who wants to emasculate the military. And to the far left, I’m a misogynist relic."

Let’s all just agree to one thing right now: Whatever our vision of the United States of America is, however...

Sometimes, Twitter can be great; most of the time, it sucks. Case in point: the idiotic non-scandal today over a...