The Department of Defense’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy
The following is The Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, released on June 1, 2019.…
Navy Busy in INDO-PACOM with Multinational Exercises, Freedom of Navigation Operations
Several multinational exercises focused on interoperability have taken place in the Indo-Pacific region recently, including two involving French Navy aircraft…
U.S. Will Unveil New Indo-Pacific Strategy Next Month
KUALA LUMPUR — The Pentagon will unveil a new Indo-Pacific strategy at the Shangri-La Dialogue this May, Assistant Secretary of…
Top Stories 2018: U.S. Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
U.S. Destroyer Conducts FONOP Near Russian Pacific Fleet Headquarters
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation on Wednesday near the home of Russia’s Pacific fleet.…
China’s Atypical Response To US Navy FONOPS May Be a Message to Trump Administration
China ratcheted up its response to U.S. Navy freedom of navigation operation over the weekend, sending a Luyang-class destroyer on…
Destroyer USS Decatur Has Close Encounter With Chinese Warship
Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73) was approached Sunday morning in the South China Sea by a Chinese warship…
Pentagon Pledges More Freedom of Navigation Operations in South China Sea
THE PENTAGON — The war of words over last weekend’s U.S. Navy freedom of navigation operation in the South China…
Two U.S. Warships Conduct South China Sea Freedom Of Navigation Operation
Over the weekend, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG-54) and Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Higgins (DDG-76) sailed in a two-ship freedom…
U.S. Warship Sails Past Disputed South China Sea Artificial Island in Freedom of Navigation Mission
This post has been updated to indicate that the freedom of navigation operation past Mischief Reef was the second, not…