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href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-gig-line/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The ‘gig line’ is back in the Air Force even if you didn’t know it ever left</span> </h3> </a> <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"> <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/jeff-schogol/">Jeff Schogol</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2025-02-03T08:44:10-05:00"> Feb 3 2025 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/ranger-hand-to-hand-combat-training/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Ranger-combatives-1-e1738087476641.jpeg?quality=85&w=751" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" loading="lazy" alt="Sgt. Robert Love, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and Spc. Alexander Van Meter, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, conduct combatives training, June 5, at Fort Benning, Ga. Love and Van Meter are preparing for the USASOC Best Warrior Competition. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Eric Overfelt/Released)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/culture/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">Culture</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/ranger-hand-to-hand-combat-training/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> How Army Rangers constantly train in hand-to-hand fighting </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">How Army Rangers constantly train in hand-to-hand fighting</span> </h3> </a> <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"> <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/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2025-01-28T13:10:57-05:00"> Jan 28 2025 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/troops-travel-charge-card-abuse-fraud/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg 4168w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=355&h=200 355w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1226&h=690 1226w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/casino-roulette.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="A casino roulette wheel with chips." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/military-life/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">Military Life</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/troops-travel-charge-card-abuse-fraud/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Troops used government cards to pay for casinos, online gaming and Super Bowl parties </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Troops used government cards to pay for casinos, online gaming and Super Bowl parties</span> </h3> </a> <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"> <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/matt-white/">Matt White</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2025-01-27T08:00:00-05:00"> Jan 27 2025 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/fda-zyn-nicotine-pouches-gwot-spitter/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?quality=85&w=770" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg 3362w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=768&h=449 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1536&h=898 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=2048&h=1197 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=770&h=450 770w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=342&h=200 342w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1129&h=660 1129w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=684&h=400 684w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1430&h=836 1430w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1181&h=690 1181w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=370&h=216 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=691&h=404 691w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1530&h=894 1530w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1287&h=752 1287w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1187&h=694 1187w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=280&h=164 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=1440&h=842 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=289&h=169 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=308&h=180 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dip-spit.jpg?w=50&h=29 50w" sizes="(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px" loading="lazy" alt="Smokeless tobacco is no healthier than smoking. It can cause oral, pancreatic and esophageal cancer along with white leathery patches inside of the mouth, stained teeth and bad breath. Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune's Tobacco Cessation Program provides individual counseling and classes to help those seeking to kick the habit. For more information call 451-3712. (Photo by Cpl. Paul Peterson)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/culture/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">Culture</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/fda-zyn-nicotine-pouches-gwot-spitter/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Farewell to the GWOT spitter </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Farewell to the GWOT spitter</span> </h3> </a> <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"> <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/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2025-01-22T17:53:41-05:00"> Jan 22 2025 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/army-food-modernization-chef-irvine/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Chef-Irvine-header-2.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Chef Robert Irvine visiting troops overseas." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/culture/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">Culture</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/army-food-modernization-chef-irvine/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Celebrity chef Robert Irvine wants to overhaul Army dining facilities. Will it work? </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Celebrity chef Robert Irvine wants to overhaul Army dining facilities. Will it work?</span> </h3> </a> <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"> <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/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2025-01-22T08:00:00-05:00"> Jan 22 2025 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/28-years-later-sere-boots-poem/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?quality=85&w=804" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg 1929w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=768&h=430 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1536&h=860 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=804&h=450 804w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=357&h=200 357w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1179&h=660 1179w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=714&h=400 714w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1493&h=836 1493w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1232&h=690 1232w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=386&h=216 386w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=722&h=404 722w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1343&h=752 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1240&h=694 1240w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=1440&h=806 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=370&h=207 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Boots-boots-copy.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, 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