The floating dock and pier the US military will build to get more aid to starving civilians in Gaza is 'like a huge LEGO system — an array of 40-foot-long (12-meter-long) pieces of steel that can be locked together ... up to 1,800 feet (nearly 550 meters) long and two lanes…

The V-22 program office has described what failed on the V-22 Osprey in its fatal November crash as 'unprecedented.' As V-22 Ospreys return to flight, here's what the U.S. Marines @USAirForce and U.S. Navy are doing to ensure it doesn't happen again. apnews.com/article/osprey…

Three months after another fatal crash grounded the V-22 Osprey fleet, its flight ban will be lifted next week -- with Lolita Baldor apnews.com/article/osprey…

Only on The Associated Press: The military believes it has identified the mechanical failure that led to a fatal crash of an Osprey aircraft in Japan and the grounding of the fleet for two months. It is now weighing how the aircraft can be returned to service. apnews.com/article/osprey…

This is an excellent explainer by The Associated Press writer Jack Jeffrey on the Houthis -- who they are, how they came to power, and why the U.S. is striking them now apnews.com/article/yemen-…

The Navy has identified the two SEALs who went missing off the coast of Somalia on January 11 as Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers (left), 37, and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram, 27.

Praying today for these families.

#Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday. By Jon Gambrell | جون apnews.com/article/us-nav…

US Subs, ships hit Houthis again -- from @taracopp and me: US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen apnews.com/article/houthi…

I'm going to miss Marcus Weisgerber like this one! Great way to wrap up such an interesting aviation journalism career -- The secret history of the Air Force One shadow fleet defenseone.com/policy/2024/01… via Defense One

Two U.S. Navy SEALs are missing off the coast of Somalia - the SEALs were on an interdiction mission, climbing up a vessel when one got knocked off by high waves. Under their protocol, when one SEAL is overtaken the next jumps in after them. apnews.com/article/navy-s…

No one better than Lolita Baldor to tell this story: Why was Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Austin's hospitalization a secret for so long? apnews.com/article/defens…

The oversight committees were not notified until this evening about the SECDEF's hospitalization, per two sources. Five days later.

From the Pentagon Press Association, to the heads of the Pentagon’s press office.

The American public deserves transparency. Period.

Ospreys had safety issues long before they were grounded. Tara Copp looks at the aircraft’s history. Read more here: apnews.com/article/osprey…

Future Osprey incidents were “impossible to prevent without improvements to flight control system software, drivetrain component material strength, and robust inspection requirements,' the U.S. Marines found before last week's Dale Jens Japan crash apnews.com/article/osprey…

I just watched The Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol” at National Press Club Please go see it. #Ukraine

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command has just announced that their Marine Corps 248th Ball scheduled for November 16th has now been Cancelled due to “Unforeseen Operational Commitments and the Nature of our current Mission.”

This The Associated Press photography and documentary work of life under the Taliban is incredible. #Afghanistan apnews.com/article/1ef914…

The The Associated Press spent two weeks with a Ukrainian brigade for an intimate glimpse into the speed, direction and cost of the counteroffensive. Incredible reporting from @mstyslav9 and Lori Hinnant

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