The father of a Navy SEAL who was the first American to die in combat under President Donald Trump has appeared in a political ad criticizing the commander-in-chief as someone not to be trusted
Army Special Forces Col. Kevin Russell, who was on trial this week after being charged with five counts of sexual assault, was acquitted of all charges on Thursday afternoon
The court-martial for an Army Special Forces colonel accused of sexual assault will begin on Tuesday and is expected to last for three days. According to an Army announcement, Col. Kevin Russell’s court-martial will go from Aug. 25 to Aug. 28 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Russell has been charged with five counts of sexual […]
Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill, the former SEAL Team 6 member credited with killing Osama Bin Laden, wants a meeting with the CEO of Delta Airlines after being banned from flying with the carrier.
A former Green Beret has been arrested for allegedly serving as an asset for Russian military intelligence agents from December 1996 until January 2011, the Justice Department announced on Friday. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins is charged with conspiring to provide United States national defense information to agents of a foreign government, according to the U.S. […]
Update: Since this article was published, Rob O’Neill says that Delta has banned him from traveling on its passenger planes. Robert O’Neill, the Navy SEAL veteran who purportedly fired the shot that killed Osama Bin Laden, is having a rough one on Twitter — all over the perceived indignity of having to wear a face mask. […]
Former Navy SEAL Louis Garrick Fernbaugh has denied throwing a pipe bomb at protesters in Portland, Oregon, earlier this month. After Portland police described Fernbaugh as a “person of interest” in connection with the Aug. 8 incident, Fernbaugh emailed Task & Purpose several times claiming that he had spoken with a Portland police detective, but since […]
U.S. Special Operations Command over two years failed to adequately track whether hundreds of millions of dollars in specialized equipment fully met the key performance metrics for the special operations to whom it was fielded, according to a new audit from the Defense Department inspector general. The DoD Office of the Inspector General audit, publicly […]
A former Navy SEAL is a “person of interest” in connection with an Aug. 8 incident in Portland, Ore. when at least one explosive device was reportedly thrown at protesters, police said. Investigators are trying to reach Louis Garrick Fernbaugh, according to Portland police. Task & Purpose has confirmed that Fernbaugh is a former SEAL […]
The Pentagon is now on its fifth civilian leader in charge of special operations forces in less than three years. Ezra Cohen is currently performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense of special operations and low-intensity conflict, said Pentagon spokesman Michael Howard. Cohen replaces Chris Miller, who was sworn in as director of […]
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court sentenced two former U.S. soldiers to 20 years in prison for their role in a failed incursion aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro in early May, chief prosecutor Tarek Saab said late on Friday. Former Green Berets Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, admitted to participating in the […]
Ten Marines have been disciplined administratively following an investigation into the death of a former Green Beret who was working as a contractor in Irbil, Iraq, according to Marine Forces Special Operations Command. Rick Anthony Rodriguez died at Landstuhl, Germany, on Jan. 4, 2019. Two Marine Raiders and a Navy corpsman have been charged with involuntary […]
Naval Special Warfare Command is suspending its support to the National Navy SEAL Museum amid an ongoing investigation into a video that showed military working dogs attacking a man wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey, a Navy official confirmed to Task & Purpose. “We will revisit our relationship with the Museum when I am convinced that […]
Army Col. Kevin Russell has been accused of "sexual assault and abusive sexual contact," a spokeswoman said
The U.S. military may have effectively banned the display of the Confederate flag at installations around the world, but that doesn’t mean the Rebel battle flag won’t pop up on distant battlefields. New footage obtained by Australia’s ABC public broadcasting network shows a pair of Australian special forces soldiers posing with the Confederate flag emblazoned […]
A purported Navy SEAL apparently upset over being told to wear a face mask on Sunday at a Southern California coffee shop berated a barista and threatened to tell the entire West Coast SEAL community to avoid the establishment.
A woman has successfully finished Army Special Forces training and is joining the elite Green Berets for the first time in U.S. military history. “From here, you will go forward and join the storied formation of the Green Berets where you will do what you are trained to do: challenge assumptions, break down barriers, smash […]
During Operation Red Wings, Michael Murphy and his fellow Navy SEALs fought through one of the deadliest days of Operation Enduring Freedom.
A critical skills operator assigned to the Marine Raider Training Center was killed on June 16 while taking part in the Army’s Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The Pentagon’s current top civilian leader in charge of special operations forces is leaving before his permanent replacement is confirmed by the Senate.
U.S. special operations forces are currently testing and evaluating a specially-designed computerized fire control and rifle sight system downrange in Syria, U.S. Special Operations Command confirmed to Task & Purpose. Photos published to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on May 30, first reported by The War Zone, show several unidentified U.S. service members […]
Barrett Firearms is furnishing "another USSOCOM element" with a single-caliber version of the MRAD that's normally chambered in 7.62×51 mm NATO, .300 Norma Magnum, and .338 Norma Magnum, according to the most recent issue of Special Operations Outlook
It’s been more than three years since U.S. Special Operations Command signaled its intent to pick up some new personal defense weapons, and so far SOCOM is still on the market for a fresh PDW. Despite procuring a handful of Sig Sauer MCX ‘Rattler’ PDWs in February 2018 for testing and evaluation, SOCOM is still […]
