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Former sergeant pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to China
After leaving the Army, the sergeant reached out to China offering classified information.
By Todd South
Fighter jet slips off carrier hangar deck in Red Sea, one minor injury
An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman as sailors were towing the aircraft into place, the Navy said.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones in recent weeks
It's a loss of aircraft worth more than $200 million in what is becoming the most dramatic cost to the Pentagon of the military campaign against the group.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Marines deploy drone-killing MADIS system for Balikatan drills
The exercise marks the first time the aerial defense system has been deployed outside the U.S. with a U.S. Marine Corps unit.
By Riley Ceder
US, Philippines to simulate ‘full-scale battle’ in Balikatan drills
Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippines.
Opinion
Questions Congress should ask about DOD ‘peace through strength’ plan
Trump’s new defense strategy raises crucial questions for policymakers and U.S. allies. The authors of this op-ed outlined what they think should be asked.
By Clementine Starling-Daniels and Theresa Luetkefend
Navy petty officer awarded for showdown with Somali pirates
The boatswain’s mate, who grew up in Egypt, was awarded for his gutsy role in responding to a pirate attack on a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Trump signs shipbuilding order as Navy leaders call for 381-ship fleet
The new policy aims to revitalize a U.S. shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels of its rivals from Beijing.
Inside the Navy task group testing drone boats in the Red Sea
Earlier this spring, the Navy unit launched a handful of unmanned vessels from Aqaba, Jordan, into the Red Sea with a broad-edged surveillance mission.
By Hope Hodge Seck
US Forces Korea commander defends troop levels amid talk of cuts
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, but the White House is considering changes to that military footprint.
Handheld counter-drone devices headed to deploying Marine units
The handheld device will likely go to Marine Expeditionary Units and Marine Littoral Regiments first.
By Todd South