A foreign fishing vessel crew conducting shark finning operations on deck in the North Pacific, May 12, 2024. Regional Fisheries Management Organizations regulate the process of shark finning through Conservation and Management Measures. These measures require fully utilizing retained catches of sharks and limits on amounts of fins onboard in relation to those sharks. (U.S. … [Read more...]
Army Advances Human-Machine Integration
OCTOBER 30, 2024 — Robots integrated into Army formations can help protect Soldiers and revolutionize warfare in multiple domains. Human-machine integration forces can take on dangerous battlefield operations, including overwatch, or movement of troops to a point of tactical advantage, and the suppression of the enemy, said Brig. Gen. Chad Chalfont, commandant of the Army … [Read more...]
North Korean Presence Underscores Russia’s Struggle
OCTOBER 30, 2024 - The Pentagon expressed concern today over North Korea's escalating support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that North Korea dispatched approximately 10,000 soldiers to Russia's Far Eastern Federal District, where they are expected to train alongside their Russian counterparts. A small … [Read more...]
The Last AV-8 Harrier
OCTOBER 29, 2024 – Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) marked the end of an era with the completion of its final AV-8B Harrier maintenance event, delivering the aircraft to Marine Attack Squadron 223 onboard Marine Air Station Cherry Point Sept. 26. FRCE celebrated the platform’s depot maintenance finale with an informal ceremony Sept. 20 in the command’s AV-8 hangar. FRCE … [Read more...]
F-35B Developmental Sea Trials Continue
OCTOBER 29, 2024 - A joint team consisting of F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force flight test members, U.S. Sailors and Marines, and the crew of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) are executing developmental sea trials in the eastern Pacific Ocean to gather the necessary data to certify F-35B Lightning II short … [Read more...]