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Every Venezuelan drug boat leads to 25,000 deaths, Trump claims
President Donald Trump delivered remarks quantifying the dangers Venezuelan drug-carrying vessels pose to the U.S. during a publicly televised military gathering on Tuesday. At Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Trump provided purported figures for the number of deaths the alleged drug boats are responsible for. “Every boat kills about 25,000 people,” Trump claimed during his speech, noting aft...[Read More]
Ex-midshipman charged in threat that caused US Naval Academy lockdown
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has been charged in federal court with making a threat across state lines related to a lockdown and shooting at the military college in Maryland last week, the U.S. attorney’s office in Indiana said Tuesday. Jackson Fleming, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat through a social media application concerning the acad...[Read More]
Ex-midshipman charged in threat that caused US Naval Academy lockdown
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former U.S. Naval Academy midshipman has been charged in federal court with making a threat across state lines related to a lockdown and shooting at the military college in Maryland last week, the U.S. attorney’s office in Indiana said Tuesday. Jackson Fleming, 23, was arrested Friday on suspicion of sending an online threat through a social media application concerning the acad...[Read More]
Ex-Navy SEAL convicted for plot to kill officers at California protest
A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted a former U.S. Navy SEAL of attempting to kill law enforcement officers at political demonstrations against President Donald Trump in California. The jury found Gregory Vandenberg, 49, guilty Monday of transporting explosives with the intent to harm police at “No Kings Day” protests on June 14, according to a Justice Department release. “Vandenberg intende...[Read More]
Ex-Navy SEAL convicted for plot to kill officers at California protest
A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted a former U.S. Navy SEAL of attempting to kill law enforcement officers at political demonstrations against President Donald Trump in California. The jury found Gregory Vandenberg, 49, guilty Monday of transporting explosives with the intent to harm police at “No Kings Day” protests on June 14, according to a Justice Department release. “Vandenberg intende...[Read More]
Ex-Sailor Sentenced to 12 Years in Terror Plot Targeting Naval Station Great Lakes
Xuanyu Harry Pang, 39, a naturalized U.S. citizen from China, was charged in a sealed criminal complaint in 2022 and pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to and attempting to destroy national defense premises.
Exercise Obangame Express Closes the 15th Iteration in Cameroon
Exercise Obangame Express (OE) 2026 officially concluded during a ceremony in Douala, Cameroon, host nation for the 15th iteration, April 30. The ceremony marked the conclusion of three weeks of training for participants from 30 nations across Africa, Europe, South America and the U.S. reinforcing regional collaboration and maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea.
Exercise Obangame Express Returns to Cameroon for 15th Iteration
Obangame Express 2026 (OE 26), sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and conducted by the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet, held an opening ceremony for the exercise April 23, 2026 in host nation Cameroon.
Exercise Sea Breeze 2025-3 Fleet Commander’s Conference begins in Romania
U.S. 6th Fleet and the Romanian Naval Forces hosted Exercise Sea Breeze 2025-3 (25-3) Fleet Commander’s Conference in Constanta, Romania, Sept. 11-12, 2025.
Experts argue Marine pullback in Okinawa should be halted as China threat rises
As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army edges toward its goal of invading Taiwan by 2027, experts argue that Washington must reexamine a long-standing U.S.-Japan blueprint that aims to shift nearly 10,000 Marines away from Okinawa. The Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) — intended to make the U.S. military presence less burdensome for the island’s residents — will instead dangerously weaken d...[Read More]
Experts argue Marine pullback in Okinawa should be halted as China threat rises
As the Chinese People’s Liberation Army edges toward its goal of invading Taiwan by 2027, experts argue that Washington must reexamine a long-standing U.S.-Japan blueprint that aims to shift nearly 10,000 Marines away from Okinawa. The Defense Policy Review Initiative (DPRI) — intended to make the U.S. military presence less burdensome for the island’s residents — will instead dangerously weaken d...[Read More]