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  • How many folks are waiting to buy Christmas presents? November 9, 2025
    With the uncertainty regarding mid-month and or EOM pay, are folks holding off and or saving more than normal? We cancelled netflix, disney, and our VPN, as well as all Amazon subscriptions. I’m postponing plans to get new tires and waiting to buy Christmas presents. But all that isn’t enough to offset the changeover in […]
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  • Commisaries to start closing in December if shutdown continues November 9, 2025
    No paywall: https://taskandpurpose.com/news/commissaries-military-could-close-shutdown/?fbclid=IwY2xjawN9GtdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR76B8s-7TXmfEcQOsdhQZM-JN-iqS0_GQEGGx3fyL0SSs9GVLNqUUD6R5VxuA_aem_i8UDm3DEPjYCtlCMYY923A CONUS commisaries could start closing in December and OCONUS in January. submitted by /u/Killashard [link] [comments]
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  • How does a chaplains job change as they get into higher ranks? November 9, 2025
    I just found out that a chaplain can get up to 2 Star General/Admiral. What would a 2 star General/Admiral do differently than a Captain/Lieutenant? submitted by /u/Seth_Vader [link] [comments]
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  • Question regarding sexual assault November 9, 2025
    Won’t give names or location obviously but an enlisted friend of mine was sexually assaulted by an officer, not in chain of command, and is scared to report the incident for fear of repercussions from her chain of command for fraternization. I told her she won’t be in trouble for reporting this incident but wanted […]
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  • Trump Wines Now Sold At Coast Guard Stores On Federal Property November 9, 2025
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  • Do i need a waiver even if all my charges were dismissed? November 9, 2025
    like the title says im curious if i need a waiver my charges were dv related but were dropped a week after my arrest due to lack of evidence im just curious if i can even enlist or just give up on the hope it did happen recently in march of this year submitted by […]
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  • Culinary Specialist in the Reserves November 9, 2025
    So I'm an 18-year-old high school senior planning to go into the fire service as my career. I want to join the reserves for the military benefits and a little extra pay, and I've always wanted to serve. I've taken 2 years of culinary in a very highly regarded program through my high school, so […]
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  • Signing up as felon. November 9, 2025
    Okay little rant here. I got out of jail last year I did a total of 16 months broken down within a 24 month window. But I finally got it all over with dec 2 last year. Original charge was conspiracy to transport illegal aliens. Now that you have my background a little let me […]
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  • Is it okay to bring a laptop to boot camp for the ditty box? November 9, 2025
    It will be padded submitted by /u/Professional-Bar3295 [link] [comments]
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  • Did I totally screw myself? November 9, 2025
    Hi all, I’m 26 and recently went to a recruiter’s office on 11/4 and took my PiCAT on 11/5 scoring 88. We went through the medical history and I denied any medical history, however I just remembered a surgery I had to remove a teratoma back in October 2019. (I know it’s crazy and I […]
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  • Culinary Specialist in the Reserves November 9, 2025
    So I'm an 18-year-old high school senior planning to go into the fire service as my career. I want to join the reserves for the military benefits and a little extra pay, and I've always wanted to serve. I've taken 2 years of culinary in a very highly regarded program through my high school, so […]
    /u/Red_MenaceU99
  • Going to SELRES after AD November 9, 2025
    Hey all, I got a question about billets/orders in the reserves. I see a lot about ZipServe, but MNA also has billets posted on there and they don't match each other. Is there a difference between the two? Or are they just different ways to get orders? I'm going HM in SELRES and later picking […]
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  • Curious about my bonus November 8, 2025
    Hi all! I am in A school and I graduate in about 2 weeks. I’m supposed to get a 10k bonus, which I already know I’ll only get half up front (minus taxes) and get the other half broken up every year from the anniversary of me going to bootcamp. Anyways my question is, as […]
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  • Enlisting Reserve to Active November 8, 2025
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  • Active Duty Orders November 8, 2025
    I’m currently a commissioned Supply Officer through DCO but haven’t been to ODS and haven’t qualified or been gained by my NRC. I was recently laid off and have been struggling to find work for the last few months, with over 100 applications sent and only 2 interviews that haven’t led anywhere. My recruiter suggested […]
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  • I have two different dental and vision plans should I cancel the one through my employer? November 9, 2025
    Have dental and vision through Fedvip since I’m retired from the Navy but I just realized I have vision and dental through my current employer as a military contractor should I cancel the one through my employer so I am not paying for 2 different insurances? submitted by /u/Artistic-Health-3457 [link] [comments]
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  • Is it normal to have ptsd and not know why? November 9, 2025
    Im 100% P&T for a disorder. Life really crumbled during my time during covid. Shit was bad, I was locked in and out of these stupid ROMs, and I could see my family or go to a restraunt or even sit on a dam park bench. I got stir crazy. Ive did a lot of […]
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  • Need some advice November 9, 2025
    I got out the military not too long ago and I’ve been staying at my mom house for a while now because I didn’t save up enough money before I got out sadly. I’m trying to move to a new state and start working but I don’t have that much money. I just want to […]
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  • Vision care at VAMCs? November 9, 2025
    If you’re rated 90 percent can you get vision care at VAMCs? Thanks. submitted by /u/billputnamphoto [link] [comments]
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  • I feel like it's all over for me November 9, 2025
    Hi everyone, I got out of the Marines in 2020 and I immediately moved abroad and started freelancing online, which basically made me pennies in American standards. I was able to live okay between veterans benefits and some little side hustles here and there. I have now been back in the United States for almost […]
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  • Peer support? November 8, 2025
    Anybody ever find some sort of peer support? Online, in person? submitted by /u/Alternative-Meat4587 [link] [comments]
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  • CH33 GI Bill Benefits Still Not Recieved November 8, 2025
    I received the automated text to confirm my enrollment on the 31st, but I still have not gotten any stipends. Is there any reason for this? submitted by /u/Status_Year9970 [link] [comments]
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  • Oh, VA ... November 8, 2025
    Context: I've suffering from neurological issues from a head injury sustained about 4 months ago. Still waiting on the TBI test they scheduled at month 2 to even see Neurology. No luck asking for earlier dates. Still suffering. Then I get this. Can't tell if I should laugh or cry. Don't get me wrong, the […]
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  • How to make the most money from GI Bill? November 8, 2025
    Hello, I am currently on active duty, but will be getting out within the year and going into the reserves. I will be a resident of the state of Wisconsin, and I would like to know if anyone has a unique strategy for maximizing financial education benefits for getting my bachelor's degree by combining different […]
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  • Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month November 8, 2025
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  • SEAL Team 6 Operator Who Shot the World's Most Wanted Man | Official Preview November 8, 2025
    submitted by /u/SHOOTINGandYOU07 [link] [comments]
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  • Mindset November 5, 2025
    For the guys who have actually been to BUDS trident or not, how did your perspective change as you were actually in the pipeline, to just an onlooker getting ready to go? What would you have done differently, only realized when you were actually on Coronado island? What do you believe is the most overlooked […]
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  • Watch In Waves and War | Netflix Official Site November 4, 2025
    Check out “In Waves and War” on Netflix What did those who watched this think of it? submitted by /u/jalen2k22 [link] [comments]
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  • Is now the time ? November 4, 2025
    I’ve always wanted to join the teams. Throughout life there were times where I constantly thought about it but life moved on and the opportunity wasn’t there. I’m 27 with 3 kids & married. 180 pounds 5’8”. Currently in the electrical union IBEW. Been in the gym for about 4 years 3-5 days a week. […]
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  • Night Swim Evolutions November 4, 2025
    To those that have passed and gotten their trident, when you had to do nightly swim evolutions in the ocean, what was it like? Did you swim with a buddy or separated? How did you see infront of you? Did sharks cross your mind at all? What do you actually see in that water. Also […]
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  • A letter writer October 19, 2025
     Name: MikeAge: 69Job Title: Captain, United States Navy, RetiredLocation: Warrenton, Virginia, USATell us a little about yourself and how you became interested in letter writing?We moved a great deal while I was growing up and I have continued to move every 2-3 years until about 8 years ago.  To stay in touch with my family and […]
  • Dan Shanower - 9-11-01 - Gone, Not Forgotten - 9-11-2025 September 11, 2025
    President John F. Kennedy said we have a duty to remember.  Please keep the Shanower family in your thoughts and prayers. CDR Dan F. Shanower was born on February 7, 1961 in Naperville, Illinois. He was a member of Naperville Central High School’s varsity soccer team and graduated in 1979. He attended Carroll College in […]
  • The diversity we were looking for (circa 2009) January 28, 2025
     CNO’s Sailing Directions describe a vision of the contribution and characteristics of the Navy over the next 10-15 years. Today and in the next decade, ready Sailors and Civilians will remain the centerpiece of Navy’s warfighting capability. To maintain our warfighting edge, it is essential that our people be diverse in experience, background and ideas; personally […]
  • Accountability January 27, 2025
     "Men will not trust leaders who feel themselves beyond accountability for what they do."Admiral Kinnaird R. McKeeDirector, Navy Nuclear Propulsion (1982-1989)
  • National Handwriting Day January 23, 2025
     John Hancock's birthday is today.  In honor of that day, the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) sponsors National Handwriting Day.Once thought to be a lost art, handwriting is one of the few ways we can uniquely express ourselves. There’s something poetic about grasping a writing instrument and feeling it hit the paper as your thoughts […]
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  • Breaking my Flag April 2, 2023
     For those who missed the previous announcements, please read the previous posts for the details, but after 18 2/3 years here, I will no longer be posting on blogspot.Worry not, just click here to go to substack.  That is where I'll be.
  • Fullbore Friday March 31, 2023
    Housekeeping Note: As I mentioned earlier this month, as our British friends might say, this "blogspot" hosted part of the blog is "going in ordinary." The archived posts here back to the beginning in 2004 will remain, but all new posts will be going over to CDR Salamander on Substack. The reasons are simply, really. Google owns […]
  • The Weapons Gap With the PRC the USA Created and Funded: it Goes Boom March 31, 2023
    If you don’t wake up every morning cursing those responsible for defense and China policy in the 1990s … the gobsmackingly short sighted arrogance of it all – then what use are you, actually?With a few exceptions, from partially completed CV rusting in Ukraine to teaching the Communist Chinese how to MIRV ICBM warheads, to […]
  • Seriously ... Who's Been Running Our Wargames Then ... March 29, 2023
    One of the things that will get my eye twitching faster than about anything else is when someone responds to a question or concern with a, "Well, in our wargames ... "Bullshit.That may work for civilians or under-briefed lawmakers who lack the depth in military matters, but anyone who has run or been part of […]
  • In a Fight, Having Your Reloads at Home in the Safe Won't Help March 28, 2023
    There was a topic as a JO in the 1990s that we bandied about when we started to think about what we wanted to see show up in the fleet before we had to fight a no kidding war at sea for any length of time.Of course, at the end of the Cold War when […]
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  • Air Force relieves air mobility group commander in Spain after just four months November 8, 2025
    Col. Ryan Herman, who took over the 521st Air Mobility Operations Group in July, was removed following a “loss of confidence.” The post Air Force relieves air mobility group commander in Spain after just four months appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Nicholas Slayton
  • Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month November 7, 2025
    Officials insist commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but 168 U.S. stores could close soon after. Overseas stores would remain open for another month. The post Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Patty Nieberg
  • Atropia: The Army’s biggest inside joke has its own movie November 7, 2025
    “Atropia,” a movie set for a limited release in theaters on Dec. 12, follows a cast of role-players as they help train soldiers in the Army’s longest fake war. The post Atropia: The Army’s biggest inside joke has its own movie appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Drew F. Lawrence
  • The Army is going to buy a million drones  November 7, 2025
    The massive order comes as the service tries to play catch-up on integrating and fielding drones in combat operations. The post The Army is going to buy a million drones  appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Nicholas Slayton
  • Air Force families at Florida base told to take down Christmas decorations in privatized housing November 7, 2025
    It is way too early for Christmas decorations — at least that’s what residents at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida were told. The post Air Force families at Florida base told to take down Christmas decorations in privatized housing appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Jeff Schogol
  • Drug used to treat PTSD nightmares recalled for cancer risk November 6, 2025
    The Food and Drug Administration said some batches of Prazosin, which VA doctors often prescribe to treat PTSD nightmares, had high levels of cancer-causing agents. The post Drug used to treat PTSD nightmares recalled for cancer risk appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Patty Nieberg
  • Air Force’s new top enlisted leader had long career in security forces November 6, 2025
    Chief Master Sgt. David R. Wolfe, the Air Force’s 21st senior enlisted leader, has a long career in security forces units. The post Air Force’s new top enlisted leader had long career in security forces appeared first on Task & Purpose.
    Jeff Schogol
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  • I’m Back June 22, 2025
    Folks, after over a decade in hiatus, I’ve begun accosting the world with my thoughts again, this time with a little more perspective under the belt. See my specific reflections on the experience of writing JO Rules here.
    William C. Spears
  • Four Powerful Gestures June 16, 2014
    Communication is everything in leadership. More importantly, everything is communication—not what you say, but what you do. Your habits, your demeanor, your work ethic, your appearance, your sense of humor. The way you handle success, and the way you handle … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears
  • The Vortex June 2, 2014
    We Navy types are a proudly hard-working breed. However much we may grumble, I think that most of us have that little psychotic voice that enjoys the long hours when we know we are legitimately needed—when the ship gets underway … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears
  • Myth of the “Kinder, Gentler Navy” May 19, 2014
    On leave, your typical sailor goes home to a proud family who break out the faded pictures of Grandpa posing in front of a torpedo-bomber with pinup-girl nose art. In between sea stories of 7th-fleet barroom brawls, Uncle Jim wistfully … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears
  • Talking to Ships May 5, 2014
    Non-shipdrivers will have to forgive me for this one. SWOs and submariners have several habits that make us look like a bunch of goons to the professional mariners trying not to run us over. Among them is our habit of … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears
  • Reflecting on the Damn Exec April 28, 2014
    “Damn Exec” is a classic leadership essay by then-LCDR Stuart D. Landersman. It was in the January 1965 Proceedings, and has been reprinted in countless leadership books, magazines, and training products. It is required reading in many officer and CPO … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears
  • Yes, it’s Your Fault April 21, 2014
    A tired JO complaint is “we’re just here so they have someone to blame.” We hear every day that JOs are a pointless decoration, chiefs really run the Navy, blah blah blah… then when the watch team falls behind PIM … Continue reading →
    William C. Spears