Chinese Military Launches Large-Scale Drills Around Taiwan The Chinese military announced large-scale drills in the waters and airspace around Taiwan that include an aircraft carrier...
Hegseth Calls Japan Indispensable in the Face of Chinese Aggression U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan an "indispensable partner" in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the...
Hegseth Tells Philippines the Trump Administration Will Ramp Up Deterrence Against China Threat The Philippines was the first stop in U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip to Asia. He is due to travel next to...
US Adds Chinese Tech Firms to Its Export Control List, Says They Sought US Know-How for Military Use The U.S. has added dozens of companies to its export control, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought...
A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a handful of ships and hundreds of men. Ching Shih commanded an entire...
Cambodia Says Expanded Port Funded by China Opening Next Month - With First Call from Japanese Navy A Cambodian naval port expansion funded by China that has raised concerns over Beijing's growing military reach in the region...
China Conducts Air and Sea Drills near Taiwan in Response to US and Taiwanese Statements An unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan between...
'Filled With Arrogance': China Lashes Out at G7 Over Statements on Maritime Security Even for China's generally overheated diplomatic language, the statement was unusually vitriolic, although it did not...
China, Russia and Iran Call for End to US Sanctions on Iran and the Restart of Nuclear Talks Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear...
Taiwan's Leader Says Tougher Measures Needed to Counter Stepped-Up Chinese Infiltration and Spying Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying...
Why Japanese Tanks Were Doomed in the Pacific Theater Today, the Pacific remains a prominent strategic interest for the U.S. military, but the Marine Corps recently deactivated...
Hegseth Says Wounded Knee Soldiers Will Keep Their Medals of Honor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for...
The Italian WWII Frogmen Who Inspired the U.S. Navy SEALs While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined...
New Mexico's Health Care Crisis Is Forcing Military Personnel to Decline Assignments At New Mexico's three Air Force bases — Kirtland in Albuquerque, Cannon near Clovis and Holloman outside of Alamogordo — the...
Democratic Candidate for Governor of New Jersey Pushes Back After GOP Questions Her Service Record Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey in this year’s high-stakes race, is defending her Navy...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-03/ching%20shih%201200.jpg?itok=0MBEI37y "Sometimes called, Zheng Yi Sao or "Wife of Zheng Yi," she's known to history as Ching Shih for what she accomplished once he died.")
