Patty Nieberg

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Staff Writer at Task & Purpose

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101st Airborne paratrooper pleads guilty in fentanyl death of fellow soldier

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

A 101st Airborne Division soldier pleaded guilty to selling a fellow soldier fentanyl-laced pills that killed him. Spc. Ryan J. Faubel, 24 pleaded guilty to the negligent homicide in the death of Pfc. Ivan F. Rios-Segui, 25. According to charging sheets, Faubel sold fentanyl-laced Percocet, a brand-name painkiller medication, to Rios-Segui on the day of his death. Rios-Segui died July 1, 2022, while stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The Army’s New ‘Sex-Neutral’ Fitness Standards

1 week ago | realcleardefense.com | Patty Nieberg

Active duty female soldiers in combat roles will be required to run up to three minutes faster than they previously had to in the annual fitness test Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
Here are the Army’s new ‘sex-neutral’ fitness standards

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

All soldiers can expect to do more push-ups, and women in combat jobs will have to pick up the pace in a two-mile run as much as three minutes faster, under the Army’s new fitness requirements. “There are a couple of age brackets where your minimum run time, you might have to run about 30 seconds faster in order to pass. There are a couple of areas where you’ve got to do more hand-release push-ups,” Command Sgt. Major Stephanie Carl told Task & Purpose.
Here are the Army’s new ‘sex-neutral’ fitness standards

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patty Nieberg

All soldiers can expect to do more push-ups, and women in combat jobs will have to pick up the pace in a two-mile run as much as three minutes faster, under the Army’s new fitness requirements. “There are a couple of age brackets where your minimum run time, you might have to run about 30 seconds faster in order to pass. There are a couple of areas where you’ve got to do more hand-release push-ups,” Command Sgt. Major Stephanie Carl told Task & Purpose.
Army adds new space operations specialist career field for enlisted soldiers

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

A space career field for enlisted soldiers is coming to the Army as the U.S. builds up its space-based capabilities. The Army is planning for a couple hundred 40D space operations specialists who would be integrated into Space and Missile Defense Command to provide communication and support to counter the threat of satellites and other technologies facing troops on the ground. The new military occupational specialty, or MOS, will be open to enlisted soldiers between the E-4 and E-9 pay grades.
The Army is adding a new enlisted MOS for space operations

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patty Nieberg

A space career field for enlisted soldiers is coming to the Army as the U.S. builds up its space-based capabilities. The Army is planning for a couple of hundred 40D space operations specialists who would be integrated into Space and Missile Defense Command to provide communication and support to counter the threat of satellites and other technologies facing troops on the ground. The new military occupational specialty, or MOS, will be open to enlisted soldiers between the E-4 and E-9 pay grades.
The Army saw a drop in sexual assault reports, while other services went up

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

Reports of sexual assault dropped 13% in the Army in 2025, but the other three large services reported increases — 4.4% in the Navy, 2% in the Air Force and a small rise of less than 1% in the Marine Corps, according to the Department of Defense’s annual report for fiscal year 2024. In all, uniformed service members reported 6,973 cases of sexual assault across the military with the largest share of reports made by troops younger than 24.
The Army saw a drop in sexual assault reports, while other services went up

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Patty Nieberg

Reports of sexual assault dropped 13% in the Army in 2025, but the other three large services reported increases — 4.4% in the Navy, 2% in the Air Force and a small rise of less than 1% in the Marine Corps, according to the Department of Defense’s annual report for fiscal year 2024. In all, uniformed service members reported 6,973 cases of sexual assault across the military with the largest share of reports made by troops younger than 24.
A meal card foul-up at Fort Johnson underscores a bigger Army problem

2 weeks ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

In the military, rank-and-file service members have a portion of their pay withheld to cover the cost of meals at on-base dining facilities. The thinking, presumably, is that it streamlines the process of feeding troops: you pay in, you get to eat. But like so many things in the nation’s biggest bureaucracy, an error or mix-up on something small can gum up the works on much bigger things.
Sailor wins $7,500 settlement after his car was towed and auctioned off while deployed

2 weeks ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

A sailor will get $7,500 after his 2011 Mazda was towed and auctioned off in 2022 while he was overseas. The Department of Justice announced that Navy Lt. Jonathan Liongson would receive the money as part of a settlement with Tony’s Auto Center, based in Chula Vista, California over violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or SCRA.