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USS Oscar Austin crew awarded combat action ribbon for Red Sea actions
The destroyer provided combat support to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the Red Sea.
By Riley Ceder
B-52s impose their will over South China Sea ahead of sit-down between US, Chinese defense chiefs
Two U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers flew over the hotly contested South China Sea Tuesday, signaling U.S. determination to continue to fly and sail wherever international law allows.
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
Pacific Fleet says Chinese destroyer came dangerously close to Navy ship
The U.S. Pacific Fleet says a U.S. Navy ship had to maneuver to prevent a collision with a Chinese destroyer in the South China Sea that came aggressively close to the American vessel.
By Carl Prine
Mattis: US relations with China not worsening despite bumps
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that he doesn’t see the U.S. relationship with China worsening after a series of setbacks that officials said include canceling the Pentagon chief’s planned visit to Beijing this month.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press and Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck: ‘So many’ to rescue
U.S. destroyer hit a mine, and dozens of men were killed.
Navy to send destroyer to Far East to boost ballistic missile defense
Amid growing tension with North Korea, the U.S. Navy is surging a ballistic missile defense ship to the west Pacific after two catastrophic collisions this summer diminished the missile defense options there.
By Mark D. Faram
Navy ship in collision named for McCain's dad, grandfather
The U.S. warship involved in a collision off Singapore has a name many Americans recognize — but not for its father-and-son namesakes.
Mattis: Review will determine 'what's going on' with 7th Fleet
The review follows two Navy collisions, 10 sailors still unaccounted for
By Tara Copp, AP