A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels began a bilateral military exercise in the Philippine Sea on Monday. “The routine exercise is designed to improve combined maritime response and defense capabilities, increase combined maneuvering proficiency, and ensure maritime forces remain ready to defend the region when called upon,”…
U.S. Carrier Strike Group Joined By Japanese Warships for Philippine Sea Exercise…
As Trump Warned North Korea, His ‘Armada’ Was Headed Toward Australia…
When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite direction. It was even farther away over the weekend, moving through the Sunda Strait […]
Japan Sending Largest Warship for Biggest Show of Force Since WWII in S. China Sea…
Japan is planning to dispatch its largest warship to the disputed South China Sea for a three-month tour, multiple sources told Reuters. The move would be Tokyo’s biggest show of naval force since World War II. The helicopter carrier ‘Izumo’ will set off in May, making stops in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka […]
China Urges N. Korea to Halt Nuclear & Missile Tests to Prevent ‘Head-on Collision’ with U.S….
Beijing has called on North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities to avoid a “head-on collision” with the US and South Korea. In exchange, Washington and Seoul should halt drills, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. “To defuse the looming crisis on the (Korean) peninsula, China proposes that as a first step, the […]
A Group Called ‘Marines United’ Are Hosting a Sadistic Library of Nude Female Marines…
On March 5th an investigative journalist and former Marine, Thomas James Brennen posted a startling and deplorable expose for Reveal News on an organized secret Marine Corps Facebook page that’s sole purpose is to post nude pictures of fellow Marine females. The secret group known as “Marines United” hosted possibly terabytes of pictures and videos […]
U.S. Carrier Starts ‘Routine’ Patrols in South China Sea…
The United States deployed the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the disputed waters of the South China Sea on Saturday as part of maritime “routine operations.” Sailing with the 97,000-ton Vinson is the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, the Navy said in a statement. The Vinson carries a flight group of more than […]
U.S. Navy Tests Missile Off the Coast of California…
A bright light with a glowing tail spotted in the San Francisco Bay Area sky Tuesday was a Navy missile test that had been in the works for years. U.S. Navy spokesman John Daniels told the East Bay Times that a submarine off the coast of California launched a Trident II D-5 missile at 3:30 […]
Special Operations Troops Top Casualty List as U.S. Relies More on Elite Forces…
By nearly every measure, Chief Petty Officer William Ryan Owens was exceptional. Chief Owens, 36, who was killed by enemy fire during a raid in Yemen last week, was a team leader in the Navy’s most elite commando force, SEAL Team 6, and had earned numerous awards for heroism under fire during a dozen deployments. […]
The US Navy: A History of Waste and Corruption…
The growth of US military power has rarely, if ever, been the result of legitimate concerns about defensive strategy, let alone about the national welfare. Instead, it’s more often a consequence of a waste, corruption, and imperial ambition that together have produced the modern military-industrial complex…