June 1 launch of Chollima-1 rocket. KCNA Photo
North Korea carried out an unsuccessful attempt to launch a military satellite on Thursday, with the launch vehicle breaking up into three separate parts that landed in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and the Philippine Sea. Read More
PCG vessels – BRP Cabra and BRP Sindangan escorted the indigenous boats utilized by the AFP as supply vessels to transport essential provisions to our troops aboard BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, completing the mission on Aug. 22, 2023. Philippine Coast Guard Photo
With a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane circling overhead, two resupply ships escorted by two Philippine Coast Guard vessels maneuvered their way through a Chinese naval blockade in a five-hour confrontation to bring food, other supplies and a fresh crew to its forces guarding a contested shoal, according to press reports. Read More
Hospital Mate 2nd Class Kyle Guyer, a corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, center, demonstrates the use of medical equipment to soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during a blood transfusion training during Iron Fist 23 in Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
This story has been updated to correct the name of the Crew, Readiness, Endurance and Watchstanding program.
As the Navy and other services turn their attention to the Indo-Pacific as the next potential site of combat, researchers under the Navy Medical Research Center are thinking about blood. Read More
USS Howard (DDG-83) conducts small boat operations off the Japanese coast on Jan. 24, 2023. US Navy Photo
A Japan-based guided-missile destroyer made a “soft-grounding,” near the Indonesian island of Bali ahead of a port visit on Aug. 10, USNI News has learned. Read More
People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft carrier Shandong berths at a naval port in Sanya, China. PLAN Photo
The United States and allies must be prepared for a two-front war in Northeast Asia and nuclear attacks in the next decade, a new report from the Atlantic Council warns. Read More
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A joint Russian-People’s Liberation Army navy warship group docked at Qingdao, China on Monday. Meanwhile, the Philippines carried out a successful resupply of its outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands on Tuesday. Read More
USS Bataan (LHD-5) transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 17, 2023. Fars News Image
THE PENTAGON – U.S. officials pushed back against claims that the Iranian military forced Navy and Marine helicopter to make emergency landings during a transit of the Strait of Hormuz last week. Read More
Philippine Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Noel Gallaza and Commander Indo-Pacific Endeavour Air Commodore Tony McCormack speak to media on board HMAS Canberra, prior to her departure for Exercise Alon as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2023. Royal Australian Defence Force Photo
HMAS Canberra (L02) launched several MV-22B Ospreys in an air assault exercise off Palawan this week, commencing the first phase of the first-ever bilateral amphibious drill between the Philippines and Australia. Read More
USS Howard (DDG-83) transits the Philippine Sea during Pacific Vanguard 23, July 4, 2023. US Navy Photo
The commander of Japan-based guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG-83) was removed from command Saturday, Navy officials told USNI News. Read More
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Bradford Gering, the incoming commanding general for I Marine Expeditionary Force, gives his remarks during the I Marine Expeditionary Force succession of command ceremony on Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 18, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
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Two major three-star commands changed leaders in separate southern California ceremonies on Friday. Read More
