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COINS Act: Protecting National Security From Overseas Tech Investments An executive order that went into effect in January 2025 is now codified due to the recently passed National Defense...
Former Navy Sailor Sentenced to 16 Years for Selling Information about Ships to Chinese Intelligence A former U.S. Navy sailor convicted of selling technical and operating manuals for ships and operating systems to an...
China Says US Shouldn’t Use Other Countries as ‘Pretext’ to Pursue Its Interests in Greenland China says the United States shouldn't use other countries as a pretext to pursue its interests in Greenland.
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China Announces It 'Successfully Completed' Taiwan Military Maneuvers China's People's Liberation Army said that it “successfully completed” two days of military exercises in the waters off...
The USS Panay Incident: Japanese Planes Attacked an American Ship, Killing U.S. Sailors and Civilians Four Years Before Pearl Harbor Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and...
2026 Military Pay Charts Military service members will receive a 3.8% pay raise in 2026. Some senior officers may receive smaller percentages.
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![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/world-news-uschina-military-drills-filepic-get.jpg?itok=M5NzlIEf "A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on Dec. 29, 2025. China launched "major" military exercises around Taiwan on December 29, in what it called a "stern warning" involving live-fire drills in waters and airspace near the island. Taiwan said Monday it had detected four Chinese coastguard ships near the island's waters. (Cheng Yu-Chen/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)")
