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Nick Turse
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Since Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is re-fighting the Battle of Wounded Knee over on X, I thought that I would re-up my article for The Intercept from last Thanksgiving Happy Native American Heritage Month From the Army That Brought You the Trail of Tears
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Task & Purpose
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The elusive ship built to carry U.S. special operators is apparently in the Caribbean
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The elusive ship built to carry U.S. special operators is apparently in the Caribbean
The ship is built to carry up to 159 special operations forces plus its crew of 50 for up to 45 days at sea.
https://trib.al/5VyDwPW
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@mags.colvett.online
thank you for sharing my billboard story!!
about 1 month ago
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Mx. Cardamom
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Billboards aimed at troops ask 'is this what you signed up for?'
The signs went up outside of two North Carolina bases amid the Trump administration’s surge in domestic deployments for law enforcement.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran-groups-billboards/
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Nicholas Slayton
about 2 months ago
Did you see the WaPo story on people playing the Imperial March at National Guard troops in DC? Well read
@pattynieberg.bsky.social
's story from earlier this week on all of the ways DC is trolling the guardsmen.
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Guard troops in DC are facing the wrath of the TikTok generation
National Guard troops sent to Washington, D.C., are faced with locals who are using social media as a form of protest.
https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/national-guard-washington-dc-social-media/
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My latest for
@taskandpurpose.com
. It will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out in the broader conversation around the DC mission.
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National Guard medics in DC are carrying overdose reversal drug Narcan
National Guard medics assigned to the Washington D.C. mission are carrying naloxone, or Narcan, a nasal spray used to reverse drug overdoses.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/national-guard-dc-narcan/
2 months ago
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Nicholas Slayton
3 months ago
While CBP is wearing meta smart glasses, as
@404media.co
reported, US troops sent to the southern border are sporting the heads up display goggles that are still in testing. In fact there's a lot of military tech testing going on. From
@pattynieberg.bsky.social
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Soldiers using IVAS headsets, Dronebusters at the US-Mexico border
Soldiers are using U.S.-Mexico border deployments as a chance to try out new technology, including a reworked version of IVAS headsets.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldiers-testing-tech-at-border/
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Nicholas Slayton
2 months ago
A good explainer on the National Guard in DC (and potentially elsewhere) from
@pattynieberg.bsky.social
and Jeff Schogol
@taskandpurpose.com
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What National Guard troops legally can and can’t do in Washington, DC
National Guard troops called to Washington, D.C., face complex legal rules. Those same rules would be even more vague in other cities.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/what-troops-in-washington-can-do/
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Nicholas Slayton
9 months ago
More on the wider book removal from
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Nicholas Slayton
9 months ago
Important story from
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@taskandpurpose.com
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As the VA celebrates 100 years of medical research, the very people doing that job are being fired
Researchers focused on veteran health and medical care have been let go and thousands more might be on the chopping block.
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/va-researcher-cuts/
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Granny’s delight… That’s what they called it.
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