Pacific Ocean

Coast Guard cutter crew encounters shark during swim call while patrolling Oceania

The US and Japan just teamed up for multiple joint air and sea exercises in a message to China

In an implicit message to China, the Japanese and U.S. militaries teamed up this week for a number of joint...

Coast Guard, partners rescue stranded mariners from island in Micronesia

Air Force KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone Pacific island

Guardsmen from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania ANG...

The Pentagon wants to base missiles in the Pacific to counter China. Some allies don’t want them

The governor of a Japanese territory where the Pentagon is thinking about basing missiles capable of threatening China has a...

The Navy just sent a submarine force into the Western Pacific in a message to China

At least seven submarines, and likely more — including all four Guam-based attack submarines, the San Diego-based USS Alexandria and...

Navy orders Pacific ships stay at sea for 14 days between port calls over coronavirus concerns

The U.S. Navy has given ships operating in the Pacific new port-call guidance amid concerns over the coronavirus

Marine Corps commandant: We need to be unpredictable, and we need the ‘Lightning Carrier’ to do it

The Marine Corps wants to overhaul its force to prepare to be more dispersed and more flexible to deter and,...

Unpaid Coast Guard Members Are Deploying For A Months-Long Mission In The Pacific

U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bertholf left California on January 20 for a months-long mission in the Pacific to support U.S....