If there’s one constant in the military, it’s that every older generation will insist they had it worse than the new one. Enter: the “stress card,” a card that recruits could hold up during training ...

“We want to make sure that everyone around us, no matter how they feel about this or what they’re doing, they feel safe. That’s what we’re here for.” By Patty Nieberg, Jeff Schogol Published Aug 29, ...

A fundamental value of life at sea is ‘Don’t give up the ship,’ an axiom ingrained in sailors that all damage and problems aboard a vessel fall to the crew to fix. But under modern contracting rules, ...

Army research will assess the “doses” of shock waves that certain weapons create and their long-term impacts on soldiers' health. By Patty Nieberg Published Jun 20, 2025 11:10 AM EDT A day of training ...

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division are at the U.S.-Mexico border tracking drones with the same kinds of radar systems that the U.S. funded for Ukraine to help the country counter aerial threats ...

TGIF! If you are a service member or a military family member, you are painfully aware of just how often troops are required to move. Now, the Pentagon is giving the military branches until Sept. 25 ...

More than half of the California National Guard’s specialized firefighting teams are deployed to Los Angeles County as part of the federal mission in the area, leaving the guard at only 40% of its ...

Single soldiers will get two-year assignments instead of the typical 12-month tour. Soldiers with families will get three-year tours. By Patty Nieberg Published Jul 29, 2025 6:13 PM EDT The Army is ...

More than a year before the Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack, Britain’s Royal Navy gave the world a preview of the future of warfare when carrier-based torpedo-bombers launched a surprise attack on ...

Results of an Army barracks survey reiterated more of the same old problems that soldiers living in barracks have brought up time and time again — mold and pest infestations, maintenance delays, ...

Even though Ukraine does not have much in the way of a navy, it has scored several victories against the Russian military by using drone boats known as unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, providing ...

Happy Thanksgiving, Task & Purpose readers (and viewers). Without you, we couldn’t do this job. We owe you an incredible debt of gratitude, not just for your time and attention each day, but for your ...