Taiwan’s Apache and Black Hawk Drills Are Being Redesigned Around the Drone Lessons of Ukraine
Taiwan is reconfiguring how its AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawks train for combat, incorporating hard-won lessons from...
Military Developments
USS Harry S. Truman Enters the Middle East as Questions Mount Over Lincoln’s Status
The USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group has arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, reinforcing American...
NATO Allies Suit Up as Russian Forces to Test Ukrainian Troops in High-Stakes Dress Rehearsal
Western allied forces are taking on the role of Russian attackers in training exercises designed to expose Ukrainian troops to...
One Sailor’s Legal Fight Forced a Reckoning Over Healthcare Gaps for Reserve and Guard Troops
A lawsuit filed by a Navy Reserve sailor over gaps in military healthcare coverage has produced a policy outcome that...
Carrier Gap in the Middle East Exposes the Navy’s Dwindling Margin for Sustained Presence
The USS George Washington has arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, ending a period without a carrier...
Trump Orders Curtailed Ulchi Freedom Shield as PACAF Takes Broader Look at Alliance Drills
The United States and South Korea have scaled back their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise following direct orders from President...
Ukraine War Is Reviving Cold War Skills NATO Commanders Thought They Could Leave Behind
Training Ukrainian soldiers has delivered an unexpected lesson back to NATO: the capabilities alliance forces allowed to atrophy after the...
Four Days Adrift Without Power: A Navy Destroyer’s Vulnerability Exposed in Contested Waters
A United States Navy destroyer experienced a complete loss of electrical power and propulsion for four days while operating in...
PANAMAX Exercise Puts Intelligence Sharing at the Center of U.S. Southern Command Operations
Air Forces Southern sharpened its focus on multinational intelligence sharing during PANAMAX 2025, U.S. Southern Command's annual capstone exercise, according...
Ulchi Freedom Shield 2026 Cut to Five Days as Washington Reshapes Alliance Exercises
The United States is planning to limit this year's Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise with South Korea to just five days,...
