The 2026 Winter Olympics are now underway in Italy, with more than 230 Americans on Team USA. And a sizeable number of those athletes and coaches are active-duty military. The U.S. military regularly ...

The Marines have decided to stick with the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle instead of switching to the Army’s M7 Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, a Marine Corps spokesperson told Task & Purpose. “The ...

The Air Force is cracking down on smart glasses, banning them in its latest uniform regulation because of concerns over operational security. But the other services are letting commanders use their ...

Nanos has been sheriff of Pima County for six of his 50 years in law enforcement. After being appointed as sheriff in 2015, the Democrat was elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024. Nanos was born in El ...

Legendary Navy pilot Royce Williams, who downed four Soviet MiG fighters during the Korean War, will finally receive the Medal of Honor, a White House official confirmed to Task & Purpose. Rep.

Approval for waivers for recruits with mental health exemptions will now be handled by two- and three-star commanders who more directly oversee street recruiters. By Patty Nieberg Published Feb 3, ...

We never get tired of learning the names that soldiers pick for their tanks, and a recent set of monickers on several M1A2 Abrams training in Poland touch on everything we love about them: dark comedy ...

A former Marine drill instructor who was sentenced to prison following the hazing death of a recruit at boot camp was released early and recently arrested for a separate crime. Joseph Felix, a former ...

Basic training, which often involves getting yelled at and having your head shaved, is typically not a fun experience for military recruits. But now getting there is less of a hassle. The Defense ...

The Army is revamping how it hands out reenlistment bonuses, adding extra dollars for those with top scores in PT tests and job performance. Under a memo circulated last week on social media and ...

U.S. troops have long been based in Greenland, a self-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark that is strategically located between North America and Europe. During World War II, weather ...

The U.S. Army quietly stood up a new rotational force in the Philippines as part of a “shift” in its expanding cooperation with partners in the western Pacific. But it did not reveal it for months.