James Clark

Editor in chief of @taskandpurpose. Previously at @militarytimes, @armytimes, & elsewhere. @usmc vet.

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Officers only: New report lays out what a ‘US Cyber Force’ could look like https://t.co/joqBmMCCJU

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A final public flight for the Marine Corps’ legendary Harrier jet https://t.co/Gdnd9MewZK

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When service members are injured or killed due to medical malpractice, they (or their next of kin) can't sue the military. This is due to a decades-old Supreme Court precedent called the Feres Doctrine.

Instead, they have the ability to file a claim with the Defense Department under the SFC Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act, which determines whether or not the military is at fault.

Claims data since 2020 from the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps show that only 10% of those claims have been approved.

Among the claims denied was one for Master Sgt. Richard Stayskal, an Army Green Beret whose lung cancer was misdiagnosed as walking pneumonia and allergies.

Stayskal is also the namesake for the law that forced the Defense Department to stand up this claims process.

Read the full story from @PattyNieberg here:
https://t.co/NZbmIJxfGq

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Marines can be promoted to sergeant much faster under new policy https://t.co/MYNwpupMY3

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NEW: The Defense Department has designated its press office a classified space and banned journalists from accessing it to meet with the public affairs officers who have traditionally answered their questions, people familiar with the issue tell The Washington Post's @ScottNover.

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New from @PattyNieberg for @TaskandPurpose.

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The military has approved less than 10% of medical malpractice claims since 2020 https://t.co/Ns6wk9jzky

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The military has approved less than 10% of medical malpractice claims since 2020 https://t.co/Ns6wk9jzky

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In service since 2009, the MK17 SCAR-H is being replaced by the MK24 Mid-range Gas Gun-Assault that can fire both 7.62 NATO and 6.5 Creedmoor...good for ranges out to 1,200 meters.

Full story here: https://t.co/hlGMVN7eds

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Out of the 22 Navy officers just promoted to admiral, none were women https://t.co/J2KvoPJzN0

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Green Berets tested glider drones for supply drops during a massive special operations exercise https://t.co/ipUfo0QZpp

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Most military branches don’t ‘fully’ check if suicide prevention training works, watchdog finds https://t.co/YY6QnvAjYT

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Security Forces airman becomes first Air Force graduate of Army’s revived jungle school https://t.co/OxdV1MvKHH

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Unaccredited VA claims company charged veteran $21,000 in violation of federal law, judge rules https://t.co/cWMANEp4SV

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This GPS-guided mortar system is meant to automate the call for fire https://t.co/XWt7ebLm0x

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At 19 years old, Army Pfc. Mace Veit successfully made it through Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, and Pathfinder school — and all in a single year. https://t.co/DC3mignSTE

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Mental crisis didn’t cause airman to self-immolate in protest of Israel, Air Force found https://t.co/UOJcyiLUZO

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The Marine Corps' ACV-30 is on display at Modern Day Marine, and it is massive

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Scrawled in bunkers, the ‘first military art’ of the Iran War emerges https://t.co/zKRcprppvc

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A firefight is too late to start trusting the new Corps, say senior Marines https://t.co/SYVEVSVpz2

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Army drill sergeants get prison for ‘prohibited’ trainee relationships https://t.co/mlKvmis9Lo