The Army has announced that three brigades will deploy this fall to three different theaters, underscoring that many soldiers continue to serve far away from home even though the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have ended. The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division is headed to the U.S. Central Command theater of operations, the […]
Three different types of U.S. and Canadian fighter aircraft were dispatched to intercept a rare joint formation of Russian and Chinese bombers as they buzzed near Alaskan airspace Wednesday, according to the Defense Department. Russian bombers are no stranger to Alaskan air defenders, but Wednesday marked the first appearance of Chinese aircraft in the Alaska […]
The body of a U.S. Army veteran killed last fall near Bakhmut, Ukraine, is finally being returned to his family next week. Task & Purpose is not identifying the veteran or his family due to multiple cases of families of Americans killed in Ukraine being harassed by Russian trolls, often after the names of their […]
Three U.S. Navy destroyers and a P-8 maritime aircraft are monitoring a Russian flotilla of four Russian vessels in the Caribbean.
Seth William Baker, who said he served as a U.S. Marine, appears in a video purportedly showing him serving in Ukraine with Russian troops.
The first three Ukrainian pilots have graduated from F-16 training with the Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing.
A soldier has been detained by Russian authorities in Vladivostok, Russia. The Army has not released his identity.
Army Lt. Col. Eric Ackles has been fired as commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
Drones have changed warfare for both offensive and defensive operations, impacting everything from communication to trench warfare.
The traditional approach to stopping and destroying tanks won’t work on the modern battlefield, so U.S. Special Forces are adapting.
The Army veteran was shocked by stories of Russian brutality in Ukraine that he heard from families who took him in.
A series of drones targeted the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine, damaging parts of the installation including the dome above one of the reactors. The International Atomic Energy Commission, which has been in contact with Ukrainian and Russian authorities, confirmed the damage to the facility and that there was one […]
Wilmer Puello-Mota was separated from the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 2022 after an arrest for soliciting pictures from a teenager.
The US is providing Ukraine with $300 million in weapons and equipment paid for savings the Army has realized from contract awards.
In one note to the retired Army officer, the spy wrote “you are my secret informant love! How were your meetings? Successfully?”
SOCOM radio tech is evolving with new threats on the battlefield. BlackWave radio appears to be the next evolution in communication warfare.
On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Zelensky vows to fight on even as stalled American and Western aid hurts Ukraine on the battlefield.
After five months of fighting, Ukraine’s forces withdrew from Avdiivka in the Donetsk region in order to avoid encirclement.
At least 50 U.S. citizens have died in Ukraine since the Russians invaded in February 2022. Many came to fight. Others came to help civilians.
Army veteran Brendon was killed in Ukraine on Dec. 3. He told his family that he felt called upon to help children.
“I have never been so proud to be an American or a Marine,” Thomas Gray Harris wrote to his parents. He died in Ukraine on Nov. 24.
Family members of five US veterans killed in Ukraine are expected to ask members of Congress to approve more military assistance for Ukraine.
Seven Russian generals have been confirmed killed. Ukraine claims to have killed an eighth, but the Russians have not verified his death.
Marine veteran Ethan Hunter Hertweck died on Dec. 8 on what was supposed to be his last mission in Ukraine before coming home.
Marine veteran Graham Dale was killed on Dec. 9 while stopping Russian troops from capturing a Ukrainian position.
