Pentagon keeps 2 aircraft carriers in Middle East for another week
The carrier Harry S. Truman is expected to head home to Norfolk, Virginia, after the week is up, according to officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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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
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.
US shipbuilding in a ‘perpetual state of triage,’ watchdog says
Both Navy testimony and a government watchdog report this week highlighted the lackluster progress of U.S. shipbuilding during the past 20 years.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Opinion
Drug trafficking as irregular warfare — and what can be done about it
The author of this op-ed discusses how DOD-DEA partnerships, like those that targeted Taliban heroin traffickers, could be a model for stifling cartels.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
Opinion
The Golden Dome is not ready to stop a Chinese attack on the US
This op-ed argues that domestic distractions have left the U.S. unprepared for a conflict with a peer enemy — China — bent on war by strategic paralysis.
By Chuck de Caro and USAF Col. John Warden (ret.)