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US, Philippine forces launch combat drills in South China Sea
American and Filipino forces launched their largest combat exercises in years Monday in a show of allied firepower that has alarmed Beijing.
Navy fires commander of biomedical research lab
Capt. Abigail Y. Marter took command of the Peru-based command less than a year before her firing Friday.
US Pacific Fleet gets new commander
Adm. Stephen Koehler assumed of U.S. Pacific Fleet during a ceremony Thursday.
By Diana Stancy
Pacific problems: Why the US disagrees on the cost of deterring China
How much money will it take to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region, and who gets to decide?
Navy IDs sailor who died aboard USS Halsey
Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Elijah Riddle is at least the second sailor to die aboard a deployed Navy warship in recent weeks.
By Diana Stancy
Pacific force’s wish list seeks $11 billion more than defense proposal
Indo-Pacific Command says it faces an $11 billion funding gap for regional military construction, space programs, munitions and Guam missile defenses.
Senate confirms Paparo as new INDOPACOM commander
The move came without objection in a voice vote late Wednesday night.
USS Carl Vinson returns home after four-month deployment
Carl Vinson left San Diego in October and returned home last week.
Navy to establish second surface drone unit this spring
U.S. Pacific Fleet head Adm. Samuel Paparo announced the new unit at the West 2024 conference in San Diego.
Food stipend angst caused by deployments spur congressional concerns
The issue involves automatic deductions from troops' Basic Allowance for Subsistence payments when they are stationed overseas.
USS McCampbell slated to return to Japan
The warship will replace the cruiser Antietam and is set to join Destroyer Squadron 15, the Navy’s largest destroyer squadron, upon arrival to Yokosuka.
By Diana Stancy