I'm a Marine who has traveled the world. It's one of the most challenging parts of the job, but also the most rewarding.

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Aboard the USS Essex Marines and sailors progress to board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

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The US Navy is deploying its largest aircraft carrier to Latin America. Here are all the ships it's sent to the region.

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The US announced the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, to the Caribbean on Friday.

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New radar and missile tech have 'flattened the earth,' making even low-flying jets easy targets, Royal Air Force officer warns

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Jets like Lockheed Martin's F-35 have advanced sensors, the kind that are making it harder for adversaries to go undetected.

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Trump says a 'friend' donated $130 million to pay the US military during the shutdown

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Donald Trump said a friend of his made a $130 million donation to the Pentagon but did not say who it was.

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The US is sending a strike group led by the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier to support Trump's new drug war

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is rerouting the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Mediterranean to Latin America, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, on Oct. 1, 2025.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is rerouting the world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Mediterranean to Latin America, seen here transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, on Oct.

NATO's Baltic Sea patrol surge and much faster reaction time are driving down undersea sabotage, Western officials say

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the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), signals a Royal Netherlands Navy NH90 helicopter from the Rotterdam-class landing platform dock HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801) during exercise Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25) aboard the New York, July 6, 2025.
Western officials say undersea infrastructure sabotage is down since NATO began a security mission in the Baltic Sea.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.

A hostage negotiator with over 17 years of experience explains the fastest way to ruin a negotiation

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Mickey on a visit to North Korea.

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The US Air Force plane that just crash-landed in a field was a new special ops attack aircraft converted from a crop duster

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The side of L3Harris' Sky Warden is seen sitting on an airfield with a grey overcast sky in the background.
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Palmer Luckey says he told Anduril investors they can't complain if he takes time off to be on 'Survivor'

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Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, says he wants to appear on the reality show "Survivor."

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US weapons makers are working on making cheaper missiles before a potential war with China exposes a costly weakness

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), launches a Standard Missile 3 to intercept a ballistic missile during At-Sea Demonstration (ASD) / Formidable Shield (FS) 2025.
Navy warships have used the SM-3 to defend Israel from Iranian missile attacks.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

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