Following the commissioning of China’s first supercarrier the Fujian into service, in November 2025, and the warship’s subsequent considerable progress towards increasing its operational capabilities, the Chinese Ministry of National Defence has elaborated on key development goals for the country’s aircraft carrier program. Defence Ministry Spokesman Senior Colonel Jiang Bin was specificallyasked to comment on the Navy’s successful commissioning of all “five essential capabilities for aircraft carriers,” which the Fujian is the only warship outside the U.S.
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An American military element will continue to oversee search and rescue efforts for two soldiers who disappeared near the Moroccan coast last weekend, the Army said. The effort to find them is continuing after a week, and after the large-scale African Lion 26 exercise wrapped up yesterday.
“Search and rescue operations remain ongoing. Search patterns continue to expand west into the Atlantic as ocean‑current modeling refines planning,” a spokesman for the Army’s Southern European Task Force, Africa said in a statement to Task & Purpose.
The Marine Corps is establishing a new rotational force for Alaska, part of a wider expansion into the Arctic and in preparation for cold-weather missions.
The Marine Corps announced “Campaign – Alaska” on Saturday, a new initiative that will give the service a permanent presence in the northernmost state and expand training in what Gen. Eric Smith, commandant of the Marine Corps, called “a region of growing strategic importance.” The largest part of the effort is the creation of Marine Rotational Force – Alaska.
Loving a service member is a unique kind of romance. Military spouses are often celebrated for our resilience. We are told we are strong, adaptable, and capable of weathering anything military life throws in our path. We PCS with efficiency and understanding, single parent through deployments and separations, rebuild communities while grieving the ones we say goodbye to every few years, and often hold it down alone while our service members focus on the mission. Mission first, family always.
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Edward Luttwak, UnHerd
Its heroic age is over
Strategist
The most dangerous assumption in current contingency planning is that any war, even a regional war involving the United States, would be short
Kevin Eyer, CIMSEC
So, how many Small Surface Combatants does the Navy plan on fielding?
Marine Corps Compass Points
The missiles are flying in the Philippines at exercise Balikatan 2026. Japan fired its Type 88 anti-ship missile, and the US Army fired its HIMARS.
Bloomberg
The Pentagon’s top acquisition official has assumed oversight of the Navy’s next-generation stealth fighter