Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Kevin Gutierrez, from Edinburg, Texas, inspects a fuel oil sample aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (D… Read More

U.S. responds to China, Russia near Alaska China, Russia send 11 military vessels near Alaska, U.S. responds with 4 Navy des… Read More

On The Menu For The Remainder Of 2022: War, Pestilence, Famine - by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/on-the-menu-for-the-remainder-of-2022-war-pestilence-famine/ Enjoy t… Read More

Author: Collin Koh, NTU Attention shifted away from the South China Sea (SCS) in 2022 as the world confronted the Ukraine War and the Taiwan Strait crisis in February and August. Fears that… Read More

Seoul, South KoreaCNN  —  A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by… Read More

Chinese warplanes swarmed across the Taiwan Strait and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) even fired missiles over Taiwan, the democratically ruled island that the Chinese Communist P… Read More

The US Navy is sailing two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit publicized since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in August, at a tim… Read More

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) was hit by a Japanese tug during a towing exercise on Saturday, according to a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. The forward-deployed destroyer… Read More

South Korea and the US staged a combined exercise in international waters off Okinawa this week, the military said on Saturday. The three-day exercise, which ended on Saturday, was aimed at… Read More

US challenges China, makes big military move near Chinese territory… Read More

A defiant China on Monday dismissed the 2016 verdict of the international tribunal on the South China Sea, rejecting its claims over the area as a piece of “waste paper” and brus… Read More

China is once again ratcheting up rhetoric about its territorial ambitions in the South China Sea, accusing the United States of trespassing into its waters and claiming to have “expel… Read More

A warship from a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group and a Russian destroyer nearly collided in the Philippine Sea on Friday (June 7). The USS Chancellorsville, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, a… Read More

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) – A U.S. guided-missile destroyer, USS Benfold,, sustained slight damage when a Japanese tug drifted into it during a towing exercise off central Japan on… Read More

By CW4 Michael Carr – I had heard enough. This constant debate on the need for electronics. Someone would say, “Well, celestial is great, but you really need electronics, I… Read More

Navy file photos of guided-missile destroyers USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110) (top) and USS Stethem (DDG-63) (bottom).Two U.S. guided-missile destroyers conducted a transit through the str… Read More

By Commander Justin Harts, USN (USS Benfold) According to the definitive book on marine navigation familiar to most naval officers – “The American Practical Navigator” &nda… Read More

I’m a big reader (I try to read two books a week), so people often come to me for good book recommendations. That’s why I decided to compile a list of 50 books that I absolutely… Read More