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Marine Pilot Killed, Another Hospitalized in Southern California Helicopter Crash

October 17, 2025 6:49 PM

A West Coast-based AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter crashed in a Southern California desert during a training flight on Thursday evening, the Marine Corps said.…

China·Foreign Forces·News & Analysis

China Deploys Buoys, Security Officers to Scarborough Shoal Amid Philippine Drills

October 17, 2025 4:13 PM

U.S. Conducts Sixth Strike on Suspected Venezuelan Drug Boat

The U.S. launched a sixth strike against a suspected Venezuelan drug boat…

Carrier USS Nimitz Transits Singapore Strait, Operates in South China Sea

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) transited the Singapore Strait on Friday…

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News & Analysis·U.S. Navy

Admiral Overseeing Caribbean Mission to Retire after One Year in Role

The head of U.S. Southern Command, which is overseeing the Trump administration’s ongoing military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, will retire…

Fleet Tracker·Surface Forces·U.S. Marine Corps·U.S. Navy

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 14, 2025

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of October 14,…

Aviation·Foreign Forces·News & Analysis

Philippine Navy Stands Up Naval Air Warfare Force

The Philippine Navy recently reorganized its naval aviation in a move that the service claims will enhance its maritime defense capabilities over the country’s…

Aviation·Foreign Forces·News & Analysis·Surface Forces·U.S. Marine Corps·U.S. Navy

Philippine, Allied Warships Hold Combat Drills in the South China Sea

Philippine, American, Japanese, Canadian and French forces held surface warfare drills in the South China Sea this week in Manila’s latest multilateral naval exercise.…