STRIPES (Yoojin Lee) - South Korean frigate takes maritime Top Gun award during RIMPAC drills | Stars and Stripes
A South Korean navy frigate took top honors in a live-fire competition among 13 warships during Rim of the Pacific exercise.
NYTIMES (Constant Méheut and Qasim Nauman) - Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer
The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - U.S. strikes Iranian targets near strait after Iran fires at ships
The U.S. military conducted strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz , U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Why it matters: These are the first U.S. strikes against Iranian targets since the signing last week of the memorandum of understanding, which declared an end to the war. Driving the news: The U.S. strikes came after Iran on Thursday launched drones against several commercial ships that crossed through the Strait of Hormuz. - One drone hit a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, "Ever Lovely," while it was exiting the strait along the Omani coast, CENTCOM said, describing the U.S. attacks as a "powerful response." - President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday that the Iranian attack was "a foolish violation of…
WAR (Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David Keenan, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet) - USVDIV-32 Advances Unmanned Operations With NATO During BALTOPS 2026
Sailors assigned to the Unmanned Surface Vessel Division 32 are at the forefront of the Navy's fleet during Exercise Baltic Operation, delivering realistic counter-unmanned surface vessel training against unmanned vessels to NATO allies.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Robert Sherman) - US shoots down Iranian drones near Strait of Hormuz
CENTCOM says Iran fired retaliatory strikes at Kuwait overnight, calling the attack an egregious ceasefire violation.
NYTIMES (Eric Schmitt) - U.S. Shot Down Iranian Missiles and Drones Aimed at American Vessels in Strait of Hormuz, Admiral Says
An exchange of fire threatened to shatter a fragile cease-fire as President Trump seeks to break Iran’s effective blockade of the waterway.
NYTIMES (Christine Hauser) - Shipwreck Reveals Fate of Vanished World War I Coast Guard Cutter
The Tampa disappeared in 1918 with 131 British and American personnel and civilians aboard. It was the largest single American naval combat loss of life in World War I