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Robert Meyers (center) began his career in the Army Reserve (left) and completed an enlistment in the Navy Reserve (right)." /> </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/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-served-3-branches/" > <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"> Soldier, sailor and now airman: This NCO has served in three branches in 12 years </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Soldier, sailor and now airman: This NCO has served in three branches in 12 years</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="2025-02-13T16:44:27-05:00"> Feb 13 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/news/navy-truman-collision/"> <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/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?quality=85&w=676" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg 3665w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=768&h=511 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1536&h=1022 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=2048&h=1363 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=676&h=450 676w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=301&h=200 301w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=992&h=660 992w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=601&h=400 601w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1256&h=836 1256w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1037&h=690 1037w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=325&h=216 325w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=607&h=404 607w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1343&h=894 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1130&h=752 1130w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1043&h=694 1043w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=280&h=186 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=1440&h=958 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=289&h=192 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=370&h=246 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/USS-Harry-S-Truman.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" alt="USS Harry S. Truman" /> </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/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-truman-collision/" > <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"> Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and merchant vessel collide near Egypt </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and merchant vessel collide near Egypt</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="2025-02-13T11:51:22-05:00"> Feb 13 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/news/alaska-rescue-avalanche-plane-crash/"> <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/2025/02/250202-Z-FC240-6011-e1739453651414.jpg?quality=85&w=799" sizes="(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px" loading="lazy" alt="An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)" /> </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/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/alaska-rescue-avalanche-plane-crash/" > <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"> Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter</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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srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg 1920w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Air-Force-Technical-Sergeant-Promotions.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Air Force promotions" /> </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/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-promotion-tests/" > <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"> Air Force says delay in test cycle for 35,000 airmen shouldn’t impact promotions </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Air Force says delay in test cycle for 35,000 airmen shouldn’t impact promotions</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="2025-02-12T15:19:02-05:00"> Feb 12 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/news/navy-seals-training-water/"> <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/2025/02/202861.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg 3000w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=355&h=200 355w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1226&h=690 1226w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1336&h=752 1336w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1233&h=694 1233w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/202861.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Students in Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL class 279 participate in a surf passage exercise during the first phase of training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Surf passage is one of many physically strenuous exercises that BUD/S class 279 will take part in during the seven weeks of first phase. The Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the sea, air and land." /> </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/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-seals-training-water/" > <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"> Navy SEAL candidates often swim in water with high levels of fecal matter, watchdog finds </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Navy SEAL candidates often swim in water with high levels of fecal matter, watchdog finds</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="2025-02-12T08:21:24-05:00"> Feb 12 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/news/military-bragg-bases-renamed/"> <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/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg 1920w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/24/Fort-Bragg-sign.jpeg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, 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