Army Maj. Matthew Golsteyn's court-martial on charges of premeditated murder will begin on Dec. 2 at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina, according to a Thursday news release from U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Stayskal is dying. The 38-year-old Green Beret’s cancer was missed by Army care providers in 2017, and is now terminal. For the last year he’s been fighting to change a decades-old legal rule known as the Feres Doctrine, which bars Stayskal and his family from suing the government for the alleged […]
The top admiral in charge of Naval Special Warfare has fired the entire leadership team of SEAL Team 7 over a “breakdown of good order and discipline,” a Navy official told Task & Purpose on Friday. Cmdr. Edward Mason, the commanding officer of ST7; Lt. Cmdr. Luke Im, the executive officer; and Command Master Chief […]
Sgt. 1st Class Dustin B. Ard died on Aug. 29 from wounds he sustained during combat operations in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
In an Aug. 20 memo, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Colin Green wrote that "our force has drifted from our Navy core values of honor, courage, and commitment … due to a lack of action at all levels of leadership."
The Pentagon has identified the two soldiers were killed in combat in Afghanistan on Wednesday as members of U.S. Army Special Forces. Master Sgt. Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, both died in Faryab Province from wounds sustained from small arms fire, the Pentagon said in a press release. The […]
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command has announced an immediate review of the culture, ethics, and recruiting of members of Special Operations Forces in light of recent incidents that have gotten the command on the proverbial skyline. “The American people must trust those who protect them, including the special operations professionals in this Command,” […]
The Department of Defense has identified a Marine Raider who was killed in action over the weekend in Iraq. On Aug. 10, 2019 Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, was killed after “being engaged by enemy small arms fire while conducting combat operations” in support of Iraqi Security Forces according to an Aug. 11 […]
The U.S. Navy dismissed charges on August 6 against four SEALs accused of abusing detainees in Afghanistan seven years ago,
The Navy has reassigned the lead prosecutor who was caught in an email spying debacle prior to the Eddie Gallagher trial that resulted in the judge removing him from the case. “In an effort to move the [Region Legal Service Office Southwest] Trial Department forward, Capt. Jennie Goldsmith, the new commanding officer, has reassigned the […]
[shortcode-Op-Ed-disclosure] The commander of the US Navy Special Operations Command, Rear Admiral Collin Green, issued a letter to his subordinates last week telling them that there is a problem with discipline within the SEALs that must be addressed immediately. It’s been obvious for awhile that there is something dysfunctional within special operations generally, and naval […]
Defense attorneys for two special operators charged in connection with Special Forces Staff Sgt, Logan Melgar's death will argue that an NCIS agent had a romantic relationship with a witness.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson will now make all decisions regarding sentencing for Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Eddie Gallagher, who was found not guilty of killing a wounded ISIS fighter but convicted of posing with the fighter's corpse, the Navy announced on Saturday
The Navy has dropped all charges against Lt. Jacob X. Portier, the former platoon commander for Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Eddie Gallagher, who had been accused of failing to report alleged war crimes up the chain of command, the Navy said on Thursday. “Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson today dismissed all charges […]
Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets are in trouble for their misconduct on and off the field. Here’s how we solve it (obviously a parody). This video was created for Mandatory Fun, the entertainment and humor vertical of Task & Purpose. Follow Mandatory Fun on Facebook and Instagram for much more.
The head of Naval Special Warfare Command reportedly sent a letter to commanders on July 25 proclaiming that “we have a problem,” while urging them to detail what issues they see and provide recommendations by Aug. 7 on how to get the SEAL community off the skyline. “I don’t know yet if we have a […]
Testifying before the his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Vice Adm. Michael Gilday pledged a long, hard look at the Navy Special Warfare community's underlying issues following several high-profile disciplinary problems involving Navy SEALs
A former member of SEAL Team 1 in San Diego has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for child molestation on Tuesday, which comes on top of a previous federal sentence of 27 years he’s currently serving for manufacturing child porn in Virginia. Ex-Petty Officer 1st Class Gregory Kyle Seerden, 33, pled guilty to […]
Navy Special Operations Chief Tony DeDolph and Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez are both charged with murder in connection with Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar's June 2017 death in Mali.
The Navy's Region Legal Service Office in San Diego hosted an award ceremony on July 10 in one of its courtrooms for four attorneys and four legal support staffers involved in the Gallagher case.
A member of the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force who died during a raid in Syria last year was actually killed by friendly fire rather than an enemy IED as the Pentagon initially claimed, U.S. Special Operations Command confirmed on Monday
The SEALs and Marines showed totally different approaches to openness when service members are accused of serious misconduct.
Navy SEALs are in denial about the extent of their disciplinary problems.
Eddie Gallagher dodged the most serious charges the Navy threw at him during his court martial, but his final sentence could be far worse than what the jury originally handed down, according to Navy officials
The Pentagon has identified the soldier who died in Afghanistan on Saturday as Sgt. Maj. James G. “Ryan” Sartor, a member of 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Sartor, 40, of Teague, Texas, was a Special Forces company sergeant major on his seventh combat deployment. “We’re incredibly saddened to learn of Sgt. Maj. James […]
