Marine veterans Matthew Kolakowski and Derrick Perry played a major role in helping to stop a man who had stabbed several people at a Walmart near Traverse City, Michigan, over the weekend.
“Both individuals were instrumental in the detaining of the individual until law enforcement could arrive,” Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea told Task & Purpose on Tuesday.
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The systems meant to protect Americans failed in August 2005 — but everyday people and quick-thinking National Guard and military service members rose above the flood waters and proved that small acts of courage can save lives.
“In order to prevent something [horrible], you have to understand why it happened in the first place,” intones a voice in the trailer for National Geographic’s powerful new documentary series “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time,” now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
From executive producer Ryan Coogler and Oscar®-nominated director Traci A.
U.S. Special Operations Command amended a broad agency announcement this week, adding additional AI and advanced autonomy capabilities to its technology wish list.
The move comes amid a broader modernization push by special ops forces and the Defense Department to add new digital tools and robotic platforms to their arsenal.
Search efforts are ongoing for a sailor from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, who was reported missing on Monday, the Navy announced.
The George Washington and other units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 5 are currently in the Timor Sea, northwest of Australia, a Navy news release says. The strike group has been searching for the missing sailor since Monday.
The aircraft carrier began search and rescue procedures after reports that a sailor had gone overboard. Both the Australian Defence Force and Australian Border Force are aiding in the search for the missing sailor.
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The US State Department announced a $4bn foreign military financing loan guarantee for Poland to procure military equipment.
Germany’s Rheinmetall has strengthened its production network within Romania, manufacturing its Lynx IFV, ammunition, and propellants.
When country artist Matt Rogers learned that his best friend, Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) James Cory Moore, a decorated veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, died by suicide on May 30, 2024, he was in the middle of a tour. He couldn’t make it back in time for the funeral. Instead, he did what he could from the road—he wrote.
He and his guitarist, Nick Reed, a combat veteran, began working on a song in a hotel room after a show.
“Nick’s lost friends the same way… We more or less wrote this song out of therapy,” Rogers told CNN in a May 2025 interview.
Chuck Devore at The Federalist did a good job recently of outlining how most former military feel about doing business these days with USAA, a company that many feel has betrayed their customer base.
Once a low-cost haven for service members, veterans, and their families, USAA’s troubles suggest a company prioritizing leftist ideology over its mission, he writes.
The new CEO of USAA, Juan Andrade recently sent out an email attempting to address the issues. You can read it below.
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