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The aftermath of Operation Spider’s Web and what it means for the US military

1 day ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

Welcome back! Before we get started, I want to take a moment to honor the U.S. and other Allied troops who took part in the D-Day landings 81 years ago, including the soldiers killed during a rehearsal of the invasion in April 1944. The free world remains in their debt. Last weekend, Ukraine launched a daring drone attack against airfields thousands of miles inside Russia. Dubbed Operation Spider’s Web, the attack drew global attention.
A Marine Corps reply-all email apocalypse has an incredible real-life ending

2 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

An email apocalypse that swept across the Marine Corps earlier this year now has a legendary ending, cementing its place in Corps lore. It all began in April, innocently enough, when Marine Cpl. Andrew Hundley, a cyberspace warfare operator, completed his corporal’s course, an important but routine series of classes that Marines must take as they move up in rank.
Army barracks repairs could suffer if money shifts to border, top general acknowledges

2 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army’s top leaders faced tough questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about media reports that the Pentagon is shifting $1 billion away from repairing Army barracks to instead fund military operations along the southern border. And if that happens, there will be fewer repairs and renovations to the soldiers’ living quarters next year, the Army’s top general admitted to lawmakers Wednesday.
Army hits its annual recruiting goal in 8 months

3 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army has surpassed its recruiting target for this fiscal year, exceeding a goal that was already significantly higher than it has been in the past. “Yesterday, the United States Army met its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goal four months early, welcoming more than 61,000 new recruits,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll testified before Congress on Wednesday. The fiscal year runs through Sept. 30.
No 'silver bullet' against a drone attack like Operation Spider's Web

4 days ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

Ukraine’s audacious drone strike on Sunday that may have destroyed several Russian strategic bombers has confirmed long-held fears about first-person view drones, or FPVs, being launched from commercial containers for a surprise attack. Videos purportedly show the Ukrainian drones being launched from trucks parked near their targets thousands of miles inside Russia.
Army offers reward for information about Black Hawk pilot’s death in Honduras

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

The Army Criminal Investigation Division is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for the death of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano earlier this month in Honduras. Parisano, 25, was serving as a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with the 1st Battalion, 228 Aviation Regiment assigned to Soto Cano Air Base, near Comayagua, Honduras.
Pentagon orders review of base moves, and more military news

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

TGIF! If you are a service member or a military family member, you are painfully aware of just how often troops are required to move. Now, the Pentagon is giving the military branches until Sept. 25 to come up with plans to limit the number of permanent change of station, or PCS moves, that are not absolutely essential. The military spends about $5 billion per year on PCS moves, but now wants to drastically cut that by 50% starting in fiscal year 2030.
Legendary Recon Marine could finally get the Medal of Honor

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Jeff Schogol

In April1967, Marine 2nd Lt. James Capers Jr. ignored his numerous bullet and shrapnel wounds to lead his nine-man team from 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company against an enemy ambush in South Vietnam. The ambush had erupted with hidden explosives that threw Capers against a tree. Shrapnel from the blast punctured his body in more than a dozen places, including wounds to his abdomen and a broken leg, Capers told Coffee or Die Magazine in 2021.
Guam barracks conditions are ’baffling,’ Navy admiral says in email

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Patty Nieberg

Mold painted over, wires dangling and black rusted pipes framing the ceiling were part of everyday reality for Marines, sailors and airmen living in barracks on Guam. The conditions left the Navy’s top admiral in charge of barracks across the service baffled. Photos of the Palau Hall barracks at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and comments in an email from a senior Navy official were obtained by the Project on Government Oversight and shared with Task & Purpose.
A Marine swept the Corps' top marksmanship contest for first time since 1959

1 week ago | taskandpurpose.com | Matt White

Long before Marine Staff Sgt. Payton Garcia matched a 66-year-old Marine Corps marksmanship record last month, he was pretty sure he was a good shot. “I did my first [Marine Corps marksmanship] match in 2021, and I did relatively well. I got a silver pistol badge on my first time,” Garcia told Task & Purpose. “Then I went to a match on the civilian side, thinking that I was, like, ‘The Shooter.’ The best ever.”He was not.