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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=432&h=216 432w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=280&h=140 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=289&h=145 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=370&h=185 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=308&h=154 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/19038399-3.jpg?w=50&h=25 50w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" loading="lazy" alt="She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">News</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/born-russian-prison-became-us-marine-infantry-next/"> <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"> She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">She was born in a Russian prison and became a trailblazing infantry Marine</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/james-clark/">James Clark</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2020-09-08T13:49:04-04:00"> Sep 8 2020 </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/news/marine-corps-jltv-chain-gun-contract/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?quality=85&w=600" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=324&h=216 324w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=280&h=187 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=289&h=193 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=370&h=247 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/jltv-3.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" loading="lazy" alt="The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">News</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-jltv-chain-gun-contract/"> <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 Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The Marine Corps’s new battlewagon is getting a 30mm cannon to take out enemy aircraft</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/jaredkeller/">Jared Keller</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2020-09-08T09:00:00-04:00"> Sep 8 2020 </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/news/trump-attacks-pentagon-leadership/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover 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Amazon" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">News</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-jedi-contract-microsoft-amazon/"> <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"> Return of the JEDI: Pentagon says Microsoft cloud is still better than Amazon </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Return of the JEDI: Pentagon says Microsoft cloud is still better than Amazon</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 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sizes="(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px" loading="lazy" alt="Okinawa Japan barracks flooding" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">News</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/okinawa-japan-barracks-flood/"> <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"> Okinawa Japan barracks flooding </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Okinawa Japan barracks flooding</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 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600px" loading="lazy" alt="The US military is ‘closely monitoring’ a Russian submarine that surfaced off Alaska" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-3" > <span class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight">News</span> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/russia-submarine-surfaces-alaska/"> <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 US military is ‘closely monitoring’ a Russian submarine that surfaced off Alaska </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The US military is ‘closely monitoring’ a Russian submarine that surfaced off Alaska</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 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