Carrier Eisenhower Deploys for Europe, Middle East Tomorrow
The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is set to depart tomorrow for a deployment to the Middle East and Europe, the…
Amid Calls For More Presence In Mediterranean, Marines Look At Splitting Up Amphibious Ready Group Deployments
ARLINGTON, Va — Increasing challenges in Europe and Northern Africa have sparked a discussion in the Marine Corps and Joint…
ONR Winter to Congress: Navy Making Progress on Developing High-Energy Laser Weapons
High-energy laser weapons “are moving forward in marked progress,” the director of the Office of Naval Research told the House…
Document: U.S. CENTCOM Statement on Events Surrounding Iranian Detainment of 10 U.S. Navy Sailors
The following preliminary timeline of the events surrounding the Iranian detainment of 10 U.S. Navy Sailors from January 12-13, 2016,…
Truman Carrier Strike Group Enters U.S. 5th Fleet To Begin Anti-ISIS Operations
The U.S. Navy once again has an aircraft carrier in U.S. Central Command, after the Truman Carrier Strike Group passed…
Expeditionary Mobile Base Chesty Puller May Receive SOF Upgrades Before 5th Fleet Deployment
ONBOARD USNS LEWIS B. PULLER – The Navy’s newest Afloat Forward Staging Base may include special operations capabilities when it makes…
Gen. Paxton: Some Marine Units Operating at Less Than 1:2 Deployment-to-Dwell Ratio
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As much as the Marine Corps wants to increase its deployment-to-dwell ratio from the current 1:2 to…
U.S. Navy Allowed to Use Persian Gulf Laser for Defense
PENTAGON — The U.S. Navy has declared an experimental laser weapon on its Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) in the…
Iran Denies it Flew ISIS Airstrikes in Iraq, Pentagon Says Different
This post has been amended from a previous version to include additional information from U.S. Central Command. Iran is denying…
Pentagon Identifies F-16 Pilot Killed in Middle East Crash
The Pentagon has identified the U.S. Air Force F-16 Falcon pilot who was killed in a Sunday crash somewhere in the…