- USS Benfold Was Stalled in the South China Sea for Four Days After Engineering Casualty
This story has been updated to include Benfold was towed to Subic Bay. Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) spent four days in the South China Sea without power after an engineering failure, USNI News has learned. Benfold suffered the engineering casualty resulting in a loss of power last month, Cmdr. Matthew Comer, spokesperson with U.S. 7th Fleet, told USNI News in a statement. On July 24, 2026, while conducting routine operations in the Indo-Pacific, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) reported an engineering casualty involving its generators, causing a loss of power, reads the statement. There were
- USNI News Western Pacific Pulse: Aug. 14, 2026
? The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In the Strait of Malacca The George Washington Carrier Strike Group transited the Malacca Strait to enter the Andaman Sea on Thursday, USNI News reported. The strike group includes aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG-62), and destroyers USS Shoup (DDG-86) The George Washington CSG conducted a change of command on Wednesday with Rear Adm. Eric Anduze turning over command of Carrier Strike Group 5 and Task Force 70
- U.S. Focused on Quiet Collaboration with Pacific Allies, Not Tub Thumping, Says Colby
The Trump administration is focused on delivering military capabilities to the Indo-Pacific to strengthen deterrence, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said Thursday during his week-long tour of the region. Everybody knows our position on those issues, Colby said on Thursday to reporters, referring to the need to deliver military capability to the region. Theyve been repeated many times in private and public, so we dont feel the need to tub thump every day. We think that what is unique and different about our approach is that it focuses on results in the military domain, not only for
- New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships, Return to Steam Catapults on Ford Carriers
This post has been updated with a statement from the Shipbuilders Council of America. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to consider foreign-built warships and auxiliary vessels for the U.S. Navy, in addition to other proposed changes to shipbuilding, in a sweeping presidential memo released on Thursday. Citing a lack of capacity in the U.S. naval shipbuilding base and cost growth, Trump is instead calling for more foreign investment in U.S. shipbuilding and the use of foreign ship designs that would initially get constructed abroad. An atrophied shipbuilding industrial base, coupled with diminished adjacent supplier bases, has expanded delays
- Presidential Memo: Rebuilding the United States Navy and Americas Shipbuilding Industrial Base
The following is President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum, Rebuilding the United States Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base, signed Aug. 13, 2026. From the Memorandum MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS SUBJECT: Rebuilding the United States Navy and Americas Shipbuilding Industrial Base By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby direct: Section 1. Purpose. The United States Navy has
- Marine Corps Recruit Dies After Collapsing During Training
Private Aiden Craig, a Marine Corps recruit, died last week, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday. Craig, of Wylie, Texas, died on Aug. 5 after collapsing during a physical fitness test on Aug. 1, according to a Marine Corps release. While the release did not provide additional details, a podcast on Wylie High Schools football team, on which Craig played, said that he experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. At the time of his death, Craig was part of Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion. He enlisted in the service on June 1. He collapsed 47 days into his training, according to
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