APRIL 18, 2025 — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis Saint-Paul (LCS 21), in coordination with joint partners, stopped two alleged drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean Sea within a 72-hour span. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50, … [Read more...]
Airlift Wing Launches Greenland Support Mission
APRIL 18, 2025 — The New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing has commenced its annual deployment to Greenland, initiating the 2025 season of logistical support for National Science Foundation research stations there. The wing, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, New York, flies the largest ski-equipped aircraft in the world. Beginning in April … [Read more...]
Hegseth Hosts Talks With French Counterpart
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a bilateral exchange with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech) APRIL 18, 2025 - At the Pentagon yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted a discussion with French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien … [Read more...]
Philippine, U.S. Troops Train at Balikatan
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Philippine Engineers with the 357th Air Engineering Squadron members pose for a team photo during Exercise Balikatan 25 at the Barangay Dagupan Multipurpose Gymnasium, Lal-lo, Cagayan, Philippines, April 8, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy, ROK Navy Complete Mine Warfare
APRIL 17, 2025 - The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025. The exercise ran from April. 7-16 off the southeastern coast of the Republic of Korea. It is part of an annual series of exercises between the U.S. Navy and ROKN designed to increase proficiency in mine countermeasures operations between the two … [Read more...]