Task & Purpose @TaskandPurpose
News, culture, and analysis by and for the military community. Talk to us at [email protected] or slide into our DMs. taskandpurpose.com Global Joined March 2014-
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“Looked good on paper.” — Famous last words. trib.al/zBSjb3e
Georgia becomes seventh state to send its National Guard to DC trib.al/fr00S9H
The VA has not explained why the letters were sent or whether any veterans who received one may actually be facing foreclosure. Full story here: taskandpurpose.com/news/va-letter…
The US military has ‘absolute and complete authority’ for the recent attack on alleged drug smugglers, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. trib.al/rhR7ymc
"Don’t add to the population, don’t subtract from it." trib.al/MyohS0e
Thousands of veterans received "erroneous" letters warning that the homes, financed with VA Home Loans, were in danger of foreclosure. trib.al/XBuqTVD
US sending F-35s to Puerto Rico as military buildup in the Caribbean continues trib.al/TWjstDU
SEAL Team 6 infiltrated North Korea in a mission gone wrong trib.al/SfEREby
Drug cartels are ‘no different than al-Qaida,’ Hegseth says trib.al/fJ0sOEX
VA sends 35,000 veterans ‘erroneous’ warnings about home foreclosure trib.al/z3Qbwzi
On average, new F-35s were 238 days late last year, a watchdog found, while the builder collected “hundreds of millions” in fees. trib.al/DtW5bS6
‘War!’ is the new name for the Department of Defense trib.al/SZ5bOWU
The M7 was dropped from a list of programs that the Pentagon uses to run tests that are independent and focus on real-world scenarios. trib.al/vJoITjt
Our recent explainer on the Department of War, then Defense, now that it's apparently War again. taskandpurpose.com/history/what-i…
Currently, about 7,600 U.S. troops are deployed to the region in support of Joint Task Force–Southern Border. Full story: taskandpurpose.com/news/army-sout…
Every single F-35 delivered to the US military last year was late trib.al/kgqT9ZK
Army’s M7 rifle will get fewer real world, independent tests, watchdog warns trib.al/62VRllk
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