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The Navy is unprepared to fight in two conflicts at once with current fleet size, the service’s top officer tells senators The current fleet of about 298 ships “is not sized to handle two simultaneous conflicts,” Adm. Mike Gilday, the chief of naval operations, said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Read more >

Ukrainian strikes against Russian vessels are more than just lucky hits The destruction of at least eight Russian vessels in recent weeks points to an emerging strategic effort to break a Black Sea blockade that is strangling the Ukrainian economy. Read more >

Senators introduce legislation to create Space National Guard under Space Force A bipartisan group of senators are calling for the creation of a Space National Guard, reviving a yearslong effort to place Air National Guard members working for the U.S. Space Force directly under the command of the military’s newest branch. Read more >   North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles off its eastern coast, South’s military says North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast on Thursday, according to South Korean military officials. Read more >   Finland will apply to join NATO in decision welcomed by US and allies Finland’s announcement of its intent to join NATO, prompted by Russia’s war on Ukraine, reverses Finland’s quasi-neutral status, which dates to the Cold War. Read more >

Vietnam War gunnery sergeant awarded Medal of Honor in 2018 dies at age 84 John Lee Canley, a Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who was belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor in 2018 for his actions in the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam, died Wednesday. He was 84. Read more >   Number of acknowledged US airstrikes around the globe hits 15-year low The civilian death toll from US airstrikes also fell as a result of the end of combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report by an international monitoring group. Read more >   Young Okinawans are optimistic, but feel weight of US military presence on their island Fifty years after Japan regained dominion over Okinawa, the island prefecture’s young people are more accustomed than their parents and grandparents to the U.S. military presence on the island. Read more >   Japan’s defense strategy deserves another look amid growing threat from Russia, ex-diplomat says Japan should carry out an exhaustive review of its defense strategy, a former diplomat said this week. Read more >   Marines hold ‘major warfighting exercise’ Down Under with Japan and Australia Hundreds of U.S. Marines and sailors, Australian soldiers and Japanese Self-Defense Force members are conducting a major warfighting exercise in Australia. Read more >   Hawaii sets fall deadline for Navy to submit plan for closing Red Hill fuel tanks The Navy has waived the right to contest a revised emergency order issued by the Hawaii Department of Health last week that set a Nov. 1 deadline for submitting a plan for permanently closing the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility. Read more >

 

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