‘F’ rated Fort Lee dining hall did not make 40 soldiers sick, officials say trib.al/UIMfz72

“Oddly enough, it’s almost as if you’re eating a spicy dish and another flavor kicks in,” he added. “I thought ‘oh those must be the pepper balls I’m feeling.’” taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

The Marine veteran behind this viral photo at the Chicago ICE protest trib.al/ou11EUO

Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation trib.al/tosOILb

At least 8 troops punished for social media comments about Charlie Kirk’s death trib.al/u4qMf9U

Demoted general sues Utah National Guard, governor over firing trib.al/aPvTUgf

NEEEEWS: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem is living *for free* in a military home typically reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard’s top admiral, with no end in sight, officials familiar with the matter said. A retired commandant calls it housing "brinkmanship." wapo.st/4mike5W

Troops deployed to the US-Mexico border will get a new medal trib.al/4pG2jEi

Six states (OH, WV, SC, TN, LA, MS) have pledged more than 1,100 National Guardsmen to go to DC. There are now 2,091 total National Guard troops activated for DC operations, per official numbers. Unclear how many hundreds of various federal agents were surged in as well. End point? Unclear.

Marines investigating social media post that appears to mock potential recruit trib.al/qUGCLxv

Air Force chief of staff to retire after just 2 years in top Pentagon job trib.al/t9HNOIy

Updated this story @taskandpurpose.com. Ohio and South Carolina are joining West Virginia in sending National Guard troops in DC. That brings the number of Guardsmen activated for this to ~1,500. taskandpurpose.com/news/west-vi...

Army, Marine Corps, Navy have no plan to stop using Sig Sauer M18, M17 pistols https://trib.al/VR9GMiA

The US used nearly a quarter of its most advanced missile interceptors against Iran https://trib.al/wo5HQKT

Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane is heading back to orbit https://trib.al/Wc3Ry79

Pentagon shifts $200 million from barracks, schools, facilities to border wall https://trib.al/u50M5MG

‘Senior ISIS leader’ killed during US military raid in Syria https://trib.al/m0QRG55

Ozzy Osbourne wrote the closest thing we have to a GWOT anthem https://trib.al/sAUXmQE

Pearl Harbor survivor gets letter from top Navy admiral for his 104th birthday https://trib.al/YX0CReY

War with China ‘would result in large-scale casualties,’ Army general says https://trib.al/rPe5SBx

Army blames showers left ‘wet after use’ for mold in barracks https://trib.al/abpfANP

Complacency led to Navy landing craft collision that injured 36, investigation finds https://trib.al/TFXrkxb

Damaged, moldy barracks in Guam are getting a $297 million makeover https://trib.al/lfNKEr1

She was the first woman to fly as an Air Force Thunderbird. Then she got mysteriously sick. https://trib.al/srRuD2C

Air Force rolls out age- and sex-neutral fitness test for EOD techs https://trib.al/p0cYDKo

Toxic water on base made her family sick. The inspector general found her command tried to silence her.

A Coast Guard aircrew may have drawn some remarkably detailed genitals in the sky https://trib.al/j1mbn8c

The Defense Department just published a press release outlining the benefits of deploying directed energy weapons like lasers and microwaves as "safer, smarter" tools for border security www.dvidshub.net/news/542197/...

Here is every rifle Marines have used in the last 250 years https://trib.al/0gYXsc5

The Army has realized that horses are no longer good for ‘warfighting’ https://trib.al/cPpULgl

I've obtained a trove of leaked documents about today's federal crackdown on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park. One revelation is its codename: "Operation Excalibur"

Nearly 200 Marines deploy to Florida to support ICE operations https://trib.al/oEL03Il

Navy identifies special warfare sailor killed while parachuting https://trib.al/jeg0jNZ

Gambling addiction in the military may be going unnoticed, advocates warn https://trib.al/pMJN33D

A breakdown of safety procedures ‘directly contributed’ to an 82nd Airborne paratrooper’s death. An Army investigator found that at least one jumpmaster "lied to me" about a key safety inspection prior to Spc. Matthew Perez's death on Sept. 12, 2024.

“Actually, the report that was discussed, this preliminary report, was called a ‘restrike report,’” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during Thursday’s news briefing. “It comes to us to give us an assessment whether a target would need to be restruck, right?”

The Army has a website to help recruit more tech bros and it's live and you can use it and submit applications. Guys... *you can use it and submit applications.* talent.army.mil/job/detachme...

The fight over war powers authority — and all the grey areas in there — has become tilted in the executive branch’s favor due to more than two decades of political inertia. And Congress is going to have a hard time clawing those powers back from the presidency.

The most authentic scene in ‘Warfare’ happens before a single shot is fired

Whaaaaaat the fuck

The John Lewis-class of ammunition oilers are named for prominent civil rights leaders. The recently delivered fourth is named for Robert F. Kennedy, which isn't on the list of proposed name changes: www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Another dumb gross irony here is Harvey Milk served in the Navy and Donald Trump's Navy secretary didn't www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Featuring quotes by yours truly taskandpurpose.com/news/afghani...

I’m not going to lie, this was incredibly depressing to write. There should be accountability over the handling of that war, but I think we owe it to ourselves and one another to be honest: If that was going to happen, it would have happened by now.

Thousands of veterans could lose their jobs in massive Pentagon layoffs If the Pentagon reduced its civilian workforce by a full 8%, it would amount to cutting 70,261 employees. If the department cut veterans at the same rate as civilians, 32,180 veterans could be out of a job.

The Arlington National Cemetery website "unpublished" links to material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

Imagine surrendering to a guy with just a spoon

The Army's relationship with social media is still not great