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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
Dec 2, 2020 5:22 PM
This Medal of Honor recipient now has a street named after him. It used to be named for a Confederate
May 22, 2022 2:24 PM
Navy warship named for Medal of Honor recipient who saved fellow sailors from deadly inferno
May 20, 2022 2:38 PM
‘There’s an Air Force base here,’ say annoyed cops to people calling 911 about jet noise
May 20, 2022 2:19 PM
Featured in Masks
Feb 05, 2021
Pentagon imposes stricter mask requirement for all troops and civilians
Cover your mouth AND nose, people.
Dec 16, 2020
The Army is bragging that it took just under a year to reinvent the cloth facemask
It took a year to develop ... this?
Jul 12, 2020
Original ‘Rosie the Riveter’ makes masks to fight COVID-19
"People say to me, 'You helped win WWII and now you are helping our country win this battle over this virus.'"
Apr 25, 2020
Here is what we can look forward to when the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends
Here are a few things we can look forward to as we wait for pestilence to peter out.
Apr 21, 2020
Veteran-run backpack company gets in on the mask-making business
"I was like ‘Hey, we made a backpack, I’m pretty sure we can make a mask.’"
Apr 16, 2020
Parachute riggers with Army’s 7th Special Forces Group join in on the mask-making effort
For now, and until further notice, a line of sewing machines in the 7th Group's parachute-rigging shed, operated around the clock by the group's riggers, is producing masks.
Apr 06, 2020
‘I’m wearing the same mask three days in a row’ — VA workers detail what it’s like on the frontline of COVID-19
As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, five VA healthcare workers spoke to Task & Purpose on the condition their names not be used in order to detail concerns over the department’s response to the spread of the virus.
