Category Archives: Foreign Forces

USS Oak Hill BALTOPS Participation Highlights Pentagon Push for Unexpected Deployments

June 18, 2018 12:26 PM

AAV-P7/A1 amphibious assault vehicles, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), approach the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) on June 6 during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018. US Navy photo.

The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s recent participation in the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 exercise helped prove that the ARG/MEU team can handle the dynamic force employment model Pentagon leaders have been pushing in recent months. Read More →

Report to Congress on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

June 15, 2018 10:11 AM

The following is the June 14, 2018 report, The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Read More →

Amphib USS Iwo Jima Now in Persian Gulf; First U.S. Capital Ship in Region Since March

By: Sam LaGrone

June 14, 2018 6:44 PM

USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) on June 13, 2018. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON – Amphibious warship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) crossed into the Persian Gulf this week, returning a U.S. Navy capital ship to the region for the first time since late March, USNI News has learned. Read More →

Report to Congress on U.S. Sanctions on North Korea

June 14, 2018 12:58 PM

The following is the June 11, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, North Korea: Legislative Basis for U.S. Economic Sanctions. Read More →

Thornberry: Exercises With South Korea Important, But Could Be Suspended to Allow North Korean Talks to Succeed

By: Megan Eckstein

June 13, 2018 8:26 PM

The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG-63) joins Republic of Korea Navy ships for a photo exercise with the aircraft Carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) on Oct. 18, 2017. US Navy Photo

CAPITOL HILL — After President Donald Trump’s announcement this week that military exercises with South Korea would stop while negotiations take place with North Korea, the head of the House Armed Services Committee told reporters he believes exercising and training with allies is important but that he would support halting these events to allow negotiations to succeed. Read More →

Trump, Kim Joint Summit Statement Could Restrict U.S. Navy Presence Near Korean Peninsula

By: Ben Werner

June 13, 2018 7:14 PM

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN-727) arrives in Busan for a regularly scheduled port visit while conducting routine patrols throughout the Western Pacific. US Navy Photo

The ambiguous joint statement issued by President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following their Singapore summit could leave U.S. Navy ships barred from calling on South Korean ports, operating in regional waters and potentially shifting the regional balance of power, several military and Asian policy experts told USNI News this week. Read More →

Report to Congress on State Department Foreign Operations

June 13, 2018 8:48 AM

The following is the June 8, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs: FY2019 Budget and Appropriations. Read More →

Panel: Kremlin Now Reaping Benefits From Years of Investment in Information Warfare

By: John Grady

June 12, 2018 1:34 PM

Kremlin

The Russian strategic decision to value information dominance over cyber warfare is reaping major dividends in sowing distrust among the Western democracies, a former director of the CIA and NSA said on Monday. Read More →

Report to Congress on Chinese Maritime Disputes

June 12, 2018 9:04 AM

The following is the May 24, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress. Read More →

China Has Stolen Vast Amounts of Navy Submarine, Missile Data in Multiple Breaches from Contractor’s Servers

By: Sam LaGrone

June 8, 2018 4:26 PM

The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) on March 16, 2018. US Navy Photo

This story will be updated as new information becomes available.

Chinese government-sponsored cyber thieves stole hundreds of gigabytes of data related to sensitive Navy undersea warfare programs from a government contractor earlier this year, a defense official familiar with details of the breach told USNI News on Friday. Read More →

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