Chinese and Philippine Ships Collide Again in Disputed Waters, and the Countries Are Trading Blame Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships have collided at sea, damaging at least two of the vessels, in an encounter near a...
Philippines Protests Chinese Air Force Jets' Firing of Flares in the Path of Patrol Plane The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese jets flew dangerously close and fired flares in the...
Philippine Military Says Chinese Air Force Jets Endangered Its Patrol Plane with Flares, Risky Moves The Philippine military chief condemned what he said was the provocative actions of two Chinese air force aircraft that...
Pentagon Declassifies Evidence of China's Increased Harassment of US Forces in Western Pacific The Pentagon warned Tuesday that China has dramatically increased the number of harassing encounters with the U.S. military...
Marines Begin Training in the Philippines as South China Sea Tensions Seethe The Marine Corps kicked off a joint exercise in the Philippines this week, marking the second rotation for the service's...
Creating a Real Deterrent to Defend Taiwan China's warships are a very expendable part of its overall strategy.
Would China Really Start a War over a Nancy Pelosi Visit to Taiwan? In recent months, the People's Liberation Army has displayed an increasing penchant for deploying violence to help Beijing...
Can America Deter China's Anti-Navy? "The anti-navy concept is as old as warfare at sea when land-based powers attempted to negate the fleets of maritime rivals."
Navy Sub Crews Told to Stand Down After Preventable Collision in the Pacific The USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class submarine, struck an unidentified seamount or underwater mountain on Oct. 2.
China Accusing US of Cover-Up After Mysterious Submarine Incident in the South China Sea Beijing keeps demanding answers about a mysterious US submarine incident that happened in the South China Sea.
Fort Stewart Soldiers Who Fought Gunman, Provided Care to Wounded Recognized for Valor The soldiers were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for what Secretary of the Army Dan Driscol described as a combination...
US Air Force to Deny Retirement Pay to Transgender Service Members Being Separated from the Service The U.S. Air Force has decided to deny early retirement options for transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of...
VA to End Bargaining Agreement Contracts with Most Unions The Department of Veterans Affairs said the move supports an executive order from President Donald Trump that canceled...
Fort Stewart Army Base Shooting Raises Questions About Military Gun Policies A shooting that injured five soldiers at one of the country's largest military bases has resurfaced questions about a long...
A South Carolina War Hero Is the Namesake for the Navy’s Newest Destroyer The U.S. Navy is adding a new battleship, and its namesake will be a South Carolina war hero.
![President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-08/ApNewsroom_Obama.JPEG.jpg?itok=UKIqEhsJ "President Barack Obama awards retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, Thursday, June 19, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)")