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The Army’s barracks plan hinges on cheaper buildings with shorter lifespans
The Army wants cheaper, replaceable barracks, but that has raised concerns that soldiers will end up in rooms that fall apart faster.
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Trump reverses Pentagon’s plan to livestream Hasan execution
President Donald Trump announced that the execution would still happen by firing squad, but would not be livestreamed to the general public.
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Youngest soldier in Army’s Best Squad wanted to win ‘with the guys to my left and right’
The team of five Army Rangers named Best Squad this week included experienced soldiers and one so new he had yet to earn a Ranger tab.
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How the Army’s training ‘crucible’ bases are changing
In Germany, skies fill with thousands of drones, and soldiers in Hawaii and Alaska are likely to see changes as training centers adapt.
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Civilian data centers face massive pushback. Army says they won’t ‘repeat that mistake’
The top Army official for installations said they want to host roundtables with families living on those bases to discuss data centers.
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Eighth Army awarded South Korean Presidential Unit Citation once again
The Eighth Army received South Korea’s highest military honor weeks after joint exercises on the peninsula were cut short.
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Here’s what the commander of the 101st Airborne says the future of air assault looks like
Task & Purpose spoke to the commander of the 101st Airborne Division to get a sense of how the unit is training for future air assaults.
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Army’s newly named XM1776 howitzer prototype can shoot twice as far as predecessor
The XM1776, based on Hanwha’s K9 Mobile Howitzer, can fire twice as far as the M777 and uses a smaller crew.
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Rangers sweep the Army’s Best Squad and Best Soldier awards
Rangers have now won three of the last four Army-wide Best Squad titles after a team from 3rd Ranger Battalion was named winners Monday.
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In first public speech, acting Army Secretary promotes Amazon-like drone marketplace
In his first speech as the acting Secretary of the Army, Adam Telle promoted the service’s Amazon-like marketplace to buy drones.
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Army finds ‘several systematic failures’ contributed to DC helicopter crash
Broken communications, errors with altimeters and bright local lighting played a role in the UH-60L’s collision with a commercial airplane.
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The future of mechanized infantry is charging your phone
In the words of one commander in a mechanized unit: “Everything you need lives on your phone,” but keeping it powered is another matter.
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Army releases ‘Know the Threat’ guide on Iranian soldiers
Several months into the war with Iran, the Army wants soldiers to be able to identify Iranian ground forces. Late last month, the Army published a “quick recognition guide” so that soldiers can quickly spot Iranian ground troops.
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Pentagon raises Iran war death toll to 21
Two more service members have died in the Middle East as part of the Iran war than previously acknowledged, according to the Department of Defense. The revised death toll was revealed in updates to the Pentagon’s casualty database late on Friday. The Oct. 9 numbers on the Defense Casualty Analysis System were the first update since Sept. 29. The changes include a National Guard officer whose death had been acknowledged but not counted in the Iran war and an enlisted sailor who died last month. Both were non-hostile deaths, according to DCAS.
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US forces mobilize to help Panama after major earthquake
The US military is sending personnel, aircraft and humanitarian supplies to Panama after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the country on Friday.
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Army activates its fourth multi-domain task force
The 4th Multi-Domain Task Force, based out of Fort Carson, combines long-range missile capabilities with cyber and surveillance personnel.
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National Guard says it is ‘actively addressing’ incident of troops near DC ballot drop box
The District of Columbia’s Board of Elections formally requested that the National Guard stay away from voting locations after troops were spotted standing in front of a ballot drop box on Thursday.
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This is the engine Rolls-Royce wants the Army to use for its Bradley replacement
Rolls-Royce will be submitting its MTU 8V 199 engine to be used with General Dynamics Land Systems’ Wolf XM30 replacement for the M2 Bradley.
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Pentagon confirms first military execution in 60 years will be ‘livestreamed’
The military will publicly broadcast the firing squad execution of a death row prisoner, Pentagon oficials have announced.
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New VA dental patients face waits of 2 months for appointments
Veterans looking to find a dentist through Department of Veterans Affairs health clinics waited nearly two months for a first appointment, according to new figures provided by the VA to Task & Purpose. That delay is about three times as long as the typical time a returning patient can expect to get dental care in the VA system.
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Florida Air Force bases evacuate personnel, aircraft ahead of Hurricane Isaias
Two Air Force bases in the path of Hurricane Isaias are moving people and equipment in preparation for the storm.
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After two F-16 crashes, Air Force revamps how crews inspect a ‘blind spot’
An Air Force Thunderbird F-16 crashed in 2025, as did a training jet in 2024. Investigators traced both mishaps to an engine “blind spot.”
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USS Lincoln strike group awarded Presidential Unit Citation for Iran deployment
A day ahead of their return to the U.S., the crew of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and the ships in its carrier strike group were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the military’s highest unit-level valor award.
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81 US military fighters, helicopters, and drones have been lost or damaged in the Iran war
A new report by Congress tallied the total aircraft and drones lost or damaged in the Iran war from operations, strikes, and accidents.
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Suicide rate among military veterans sees little change, VA data shows
The Department of Veterans Affairs found that 6,488 veterans killed themselves in 2024, a small decline from the previous year.
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Army sets execution date for Nidal Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood
The Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle announced that Nidal Hasan would be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, 2026 at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Corps bans alcohol, sets curfew for Marines on Okinawa after alleged killing
The new limits were put in place after the recent arrest of a lance corporal suspected in the death of a local woman on the Japanese island.
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Marines at Camp Pendleton get a new dining hall drive-thru for quick meals
Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton, California, have a new drive-thru option for using their meal plan at the base dining hall.
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Army Apache helicopter batters Alabama car show with rotor wash
An Army Apache landed near an Alabama car show, blasting collectible cars with rotor wash and sending civilians running.
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A Navy F/A-18F came home from Iran with ‘Sub Buster’ markings
On Oct. 1, a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet that flew from the USS Abraham Lincoln on combat missions in the Iran war was spotted returning home to California with an unusual kill marking. Above rows of other icons representing bombs the plane had dropped was a submarine split in half, embossed with the words “Sub Buster.”
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Trump approves firing squad for the execution of the 2009 Fort Hood shooter
The Army will execute Nidal Hasan via firing squad, the Department of Defense announced Monday night. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of carrying out a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people before being stopped.
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Army grounds fleet of AH-64Es for second time in three months
An Army official said the service is grounding about 400 helicopters, more than half of its AH-64 fleet.
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Hundreds of soldiers transfer to newly created jobs in robotics and space
10 soldiers were the first in the Army to graduate as the new 390A Robotics Technicians, while hundreds joined the 40D space operations field.
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Soldier awarded Purple Heart from drone attack in first days of war
Lt. Col. Robert J. Connolly dedicated the award to six fellow soldiers killed in the March drone attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait.
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Air Force pulls bombers from RAF Fairford
The Air Force pulled all of its bombers deployed to RAF Fairford, sending them back to the United States a week after several people were arrested outside the British air base on suspicion of plotting terrorist actions.
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Marine arrested on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman in Okinawa
A Marine was arrested this weekend on suspicion of robbing and murdering a Japanese woman in Okinawa, an incident that caused the Japanese government to file a formal protest with the United States.
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USS George HW Bush stops in Thailand after leaving the Middle East
The aircraft carrier quietly left the Arabian Sea, leaving the USS George Washington as the only carrier in the Middle East.
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Pentagon increases combat pay as war with Iran continues
Troops in combat zones can now get a maximum of $450 per month in hostile fire pay, or as much as $275 per month in imminent danger pay. This week, new combat pay amounts went into effect, as the war with Iran stretches on.
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Air Force authorizes new berets for explosive ordnance techs
The new rust-colored headgear for explosive ordnance disposal techs will be the service’s seventh distinctive beret.
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Multi-million dollar TRICARE fraud bought a gold-plated Cybertruck and casino parties
A mental health clinic owner used military beneficiaries in a $26 million TRICARE fraud scheme that funded a gold-plated Cybertruck.
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Troops will get a day off to vote or register for November elections
Military members will get a day to register to vote or to submit ballots in the coming two weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed a department-wide one-day stand-down so service members can advance the voting process.
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National Guardsman arrested in DC for carrying pistol without permit
An Oklahoma National Guardsman deployed to Washington, D.C. was pulled over for an expired car registration, where police then found a pistol that wasn’t registered in the district. The guardsman was arrested this week and charged with a felony.
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Florida deputy acquitted in trial over shooting of Air Force special ops airman
The former Florida sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed an Air Force special operations flyer in 2024 was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the airman’s death by a Florida jury this week.
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Navy sending aircraft carrier to Middle East with extra food and supplies
USS Theodore Roosevelt deployed with more supplies as the Navy applies lessons learned from extended carrier operations during the Iran war.
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New fitness standards will be checked in Inspector General reviews
As the Department of Defense implements new fitness policies, three military services said IG watchdogs can be tasked to review results.
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Return of the Blackbird? Clues emerge that an SR-71 might fly again
NASA appears to have a longshot-plan to once again kick the tires and light the fires of the iconic spy plane after 30 years of retirement.
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