Mike Yeo

Mike Yeo is the Asia correspondent for Defense News.

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China’s defense minister defends country’s response to ‘provocation’

Li questioned why foreign jets and naval vessels were operating so close to China and said foreign militaries should “mind your own business.”

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Austin seeks meeting with China, says ‘right time to talk is now’

“The United States believes that open lines of communication with the People’s Republic of China are essential," Austin said.

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Pentagon says no civilians killed in US military operations in 2022

The Pentagon said it's unlikely that U.S. military operations caused civilian casualties in more than a dozen instances around the world in 2022.

Jury deadlocked in Abu Ghraib trial

A judge ordered jurors to deliberate after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a military contractor is liable for abuse at Abu Ghraib.

US military pier in Gaza to cost $320 million, Pentagon estimates

The U.S. and Israel have said they hope to have the mobile pier in place and operations underway by early May.

Stretch your grocery dollars at May commissary sidewalk sales

Fight inflation. Find out when your commissary store will hold its sidewalk sale in May.

What you need to know about transitioning out of the military

Getting out of the military? Here's what you need to know.

The Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C., is seen in April 2024 behind a construction crew and fencing. This photo was taken using 35mm color film.

FY25 defense budget work to ramp up after security supplemental finish

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 30, 2024.

British troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says

The report comes after a U.S. military official said there'd be no American “boots on the ground” and another nation would deliver aid from offshore pier.

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Houthi rebels claim downing US drone, release footage of wreckage

A Defense Department spokesperson said an investigation was underway but did not elaborate.

Ike aircraft carrier leaves Middle East, enters the Mediterranean Sea

The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower has been operating in the Middle Eastern waters of U.S. Central Command since November.

First T-54A trainer arrives at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi

The Navy will use the T-54A aircraft to train aviators flying the P-8A Poseidon, E-2D Hawkeye and C-130 Hercules.

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