From U.S. Central Command, Nov. 16, 2025 TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command forces monitored an incident involving Iranian forces illegally boarding and seizing a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker transiting international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, Nov. 14. M/V Talara was seized after being…
GA-ASI Completes Full Scale Fatigue Test on MQ-9B
MQ-9B’s Third Lifetime Test Completes the FSF Testing Process With a Total of 120,000 Hours From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. DUBAI AIRSHOW – 17 November 2025 – On October 31, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed its “third lifetime” of full-scale…
Austal USA Leads Effort to Increase Submarine Industrial Base Capabilities under AUKUS
From Austal USA, Nov. 17, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) during the 2025 Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition (INDOPAC 2025) in Sydney, Australia. This MoU marks an agreement…
Vice Adm. Renshaw Assumes Command of U.S. 5th Fleet
From U.S. Fifth Fleet, Nov. 16, 2025 MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) from Vice Adm. George Wikoff during a change of command ceremony…
USS Pierre Commissioned ‘Under the Bright Florida Sky’
By Lt. Brinn Hefron, Public Affairs Officer forCommander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2025) – The Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony held…
CH-53K King Stallion: 10 Years since First Flight
From Naval Air Systems Command NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — October 27, 2015 –The CH-53K King Stallion took to the skies for its first flight. Today, more than 10 years later, there are 20 CH-53Ks executing missions with four different Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. The…
Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters Caribbean Sea
From USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Public Affairs, Nov. 16, 2025 The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean…
GA-ASI and SAAB Will Demonstrate AEW&C on MQ-9B in 2026
Two Aerospace Leaders Are Bringing Airborne Early Warning and Control to UAS From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. DUBAI AIRSHOW – 17 November 2025 – Following their announcement to bring Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability to the world’s leading Remotely Piloted…
Military Deploys Foreign Disaster Relief Support for Philippine Response to Successive Storms
From 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Nov. 13, 2025 CLARK AIR BASE, Philippines — At the request of the government of the Philippines, the U.S. military is working shoulder to shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to provide foreign disaster…
U.S. 7th Fleet Holds Change of Command, Welcomes New Commander
By U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs, Nov. 14, 2025 YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. 7th Fleet held a change of command ceremony Nov. 13 at the Fleet Theater on board Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Vice Adm. Patrick J. Hannifin relieved Vice Adm. Fred W. Kacher,…
