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The U.S. Navy is holding two survivors from a sixth airstrike on an alleged drug trafficking boat, multiple outlets report.
The airstrike on Thursday targeted an apparently semi-submersible vessel that was partially underwater when it was hit, according to Reuters, which first reported on both the airstrike and the survivors. Two survivors were recovered by a U.S. military helicopter while at least one other person onboard died, according to Reuters and the Associated Press. The two survivors are being kept on a Navy ship, the outlets report.

A federal judge sentenced a Pakistani man to 40 years in prison on Thursday for charges relating to the death of two Navy SEALs who drowned in the Arabian Sea while attempting to board the man’s boat in 2024. Muhammad Pahlawan was the captain of an unflagged vessel that SEALs seized in January 2024 as it smuggled Iranian arms to Houthi rebels.
Chief Special Warfare Operator Christopher Chambers, 37, slipped and fell into the water during the raid, weighed down by heavy equipment. Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Nathan Gage Ingram, 27, jumped in to save Chambers, but also drowned.

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Let’s return to a topic we covered in a FbF last month: the U-Boat war in the Caribbean.
Not just the Caribbean, U-Boats in the Gulf of America (nee Mexico).
From a strictly professional point of view, you have to tip your hat to the men of the German U-boat fleet. They didn’t have the great fleet boats like we did – no, not even close. But what they did with what they had … it is still amazing.

In the summer of 1942, U-166 patrolled the Gulf of Mexico in searches for a new victim. Steamer Robert E.

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***RussiaRussian long-range missile strikes on Ukrainian territory have accelerated over the last two weeks, with repeated attacks each involving more than 500 drones and several dozen missiles. These attacks have wiped out more than half of Ukraine’s domestic natural gas production and caused widespread electricity outages throughout the country.

Shortly after completing Marine Officer Candidates School this summer, Donald Reichard pinned second lieutenant bars on a fellow OCS graduate: His wife Cheyanne.
The couple had gone through the course at the same time as the first step toward their goal of becoming Marine Corps judge advocates. Donald graduated from OCS on Aug. 2, Cheyanne  Aug. 9, meaning he outranks his wife on date-of-rank by a week.
They expect to attend The Basic School next fall or in early 2027.

The European Commission and the High Representative have presented a new ‘Defence Roadmap’ to enhance defence capabilities across Europe.

Ensuring the Army can repair weapon system parts on its own is a major element of its leadership’s agenda for acquisition reform. And asking for the right data from vendors will be critical to that effort, Brent Ingraham, the service’s new acquisition chief, told DefenseScoop.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll touched on the issue during a fiery speech at the AUSA conference this week.
“But these reforms aren’t just buying smarter. It’s also building smarter, and it’s repairing what we already have. Right now, our Army is a terrible customer. We sign away our right to repair.

US company GA-ASI and the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) have formalised an agreement to co-develop advanced defence capabilities.

Life on a military installation is a social experiment no reality show could handle. It’s part HOA Hunger Games, part extended family reunion you can’t leave until orders come in (… please, come in). Every cul-de-sac is its own microcosm of service life, rank structures, rotating residents, and a Facebook page that could be used as evidence in small claims court. 
If you’ve ever called base housing “home,” you’ve probably lived next to at least one of these unforgettable neighbors. 
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L3Harris Technologies has integrated the GM Defense ISV with its Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletised ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) system.