Author: Michael

Pentagon leaders are directing a review of the “effectiveness” of women in combat arms jobs — a move that comes nearly a decade since women got the right to serve in these roles. 
Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told Task & Purpose in a statement that the Institute for Defense Analyses is reviewing the “effectiveness” of women in ground combat roles. The Pentagon memo, originally reported by NPR and confirmed by Task & Purpose, calls for the Army and Marine Corps to submit data on ground combat troops’ readiness, training, casualties and deployability.

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Navy SEAL trainees and other sailors hoping to join one of a handful of hard-charging Navy jobs have to pass many brutal fitness tests. But beginning this year, fully qualified SEALs and others in combat roles must now pass a specific, Navy-wide Combat Fitness Test every year to keep those jobs.
Sailors in the Navy’s four combat-focused career fields must now take an annual swim test and then wear a 20-pound weight vest for both a run and a set of traditional strength tests.

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When most people retire from the military, they look forward to spending more time with family, relaxing, and maybe pursuing their hobbies. Neall Ellis isn’t most people.
After a successful career in both the Rhodesian Army and South African Air Force, Ellis became bored with civilian life. Rather than sit back and relax, he decided to pursue the only hobby he knew: kicking ass.
With plenty of strife and a need for fighters throughout the African continent, Ellis decided to become a mercenary. He wasn’t going to be just any mercenary, though.

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If one checks the Reddit reviews in Brooklyn, they might highlight the world-famous pizza, the multi-million dollar brownstones, or the hipster baristas who silently judge your coffee order (and your clothes, your voice, don’t get them started on your shoes). They rarely mention the doody-brown brick of Sunset Park’s waterfront. It is here that the world’s least popular power couple has just checked in.

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