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News, culture, and analysis by and for the military community.</h1> </div> <header class="recurrent-homepage-full-bleed-hero-block recurrent-blocks lg:bg-transparent bg-secondary-800 full-bleed " > <div class="homepage-full-bleed-hero-content lg:relative lg:z-20 lg:gap-[30px] flex flex-col container lg:pt-[210px] pb-[31px] text-white full-bleed-content"> <div class="homepage-full-bleed-hero-overlay lg:absolute full-bleed bg-full-bleed from-black-65 via-black-57 to-black/5 top-0 z-20 left-0 h-full"></div> <img fetchpriority="high" sizes="(max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg 1520w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Sgt-Rock-comic-.jpg?quality=85&w=1520" alt="The cover of DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock, showing the titular character and other American GIs fighting Nazi tanks." class="hero-image top-0 left-0 full-bleed h-full object-cover lg:absolute lg:z-10" /> <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/culture/" class="hero-main-category-name z-20 font-secondary font-semibold text-sm text-white leading-extra-tight tracking-wide uppercase py-[15px] pt-[30px] lg:py-0 lg:px-0"> Culture </a> <h2 class="recurrent-homepage-full-bleed-hero-title z-20 xl:w-2/3 py-[15px] lg:py-0"> <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/sgt-rock-soldier-movie-daniel-craig/" class="hero-title-link z-20 hover-link inline-block font-primary font-bold text-white text-2xl lg:text-15xl leading-2xl lg:leading-15xl lg:px-0"> Comics’ quintessential soldier, Sgt. Rock, is heading to the big screen </a> </h2> <p class="lg:w-2/3 z-20 font-primary font-normal text-white text-lg lg:text-3xl leading-xl full-bleed-dek lg:px-0 py-[15px] lg:py-0 pb-[30px] article-paragraph skip"> The hero of years of World War II comics is now getting a movie from DC Studios. </p> <div class="flex full-bleed-byline"> <p class="font-secondary z-20 leading-2xl text-sm lg:px-0 article-paragraph skip"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> </div> <div class="z-20 pb-[30px] lg:pb-0 full-bleed-timestamp"> <div class="byline-date-wrapper flex relative"> <p class="byline-item byline-item-timestamp font-tertiary font-normal text-sm text-primary mb-0 article-paragraph skip">Posted 12 Hours Ago</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <section id="" 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<span class="mobile lg:hidden"> ‘Andor’ shows even the Empire has the Pentagon’s acquisition model </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">‘Andor’ shows even the Empire has the Pentagon’s acquisition model</span> </h3> </a> <p class="card-post-dek font-secondary font-normal text-body-copy text-base mb-2 lg:mb-4 article-paragraph skip">Budgetary issues are a problem even in a galaxy far far away…</p> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0 article-paragraph skip"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" 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