What is it about government officials and their shoddy email practices? Several members of the Trump Administration were discovered to have used personal or unclassified email accounts for classified emails. Using a private server as Secretary of State might have cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 presidential election. And then: shoddy email practices led to the convictions in the Iran-Contra Affair decades prior.
Email hasn’t really been around as a communication tool for very long, but it seems to land a lot of America’s top politicians in hot water on a regular basis.
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On Oct. 5, 1986, a cargo plane running a covert resupply mission to the Nicaraguan Contras was shot down by Sandinista forces. The lone survivor, Vietnam veteran Eugene Hasenfus, promptly told the world he’d been working on a CIA-linked airlift, exposing the secret effort to support the Contras despite a Congressional ban on funding the right-wing rebel group.
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The Pentagon wants allies in Europe to take over the bulk of defense responsibilities on the Continent no later than 2027, according to a new report that could carry significant implications for how American troops are deployed.
Defense Department officials told their Western counterparts in Washington this week about the new deadline, Reuters reported Friday, citing five unidentified sources.
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We at Task & Purpose care deeply about issues affecting active-duty military and veterans. We also love a good tank name. “ASVAB Waiver,” “Divine Intervention” and “Bye Felicia” are just a few that light up our day. And now we can add “Executioners Finest” to the list.
The M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. It was recently photographed taking part in 1st Armored Division’s Iron Heroes Competition at the Dona Ana Range complex in New Mexico last month. The Army photo by Sgt.
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The Trump administration has rightly reoriented U.S. foreign policy toward domestic renewal, more balanced alliances, and hemispheric protection.
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Dan Grazier, Responsible Statecraft
The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military’s shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China
Kris Osborn, National Security Journal
The Navy’s secretive F/A-XX isn’t a luxury add-on to the F-35C but a necessary leap for Pacific warfighting.
Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
The Navy hopes to have the first Medium Landing Ship built by 2029 and avoid chronic issues that have plagued its recent shipbuilding efforts.
U.S. Marine Corps pilots and deck crews from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit have conducted new fighter jet deck landing qualifications on the Wasp class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, as the warship prepares for intensive operations in the Western Pacific. The Boxer’s flight deck team carried concurrent safety checks, recovery drills, and readiness assessments, simulating the pace of forward-deployed operations.