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The U.S. Navy Independence class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara, which are configured for minesweeping duties, have appeared in port in Malaysia. Both of these ships were last known to be forward-deployed in the Middle East, having arrived in Bahrain in the past year or so to take the place of a group of now-decommissioned Avenger class mine hunters. Now, as Iranian attacks on commercial ships have caused a virtual halt to maritime traffic through the highly strategic Strait of Hormuz, these ships have emerged thousands of miles away. The extent to which Iran has seeded naval mines in the Strait already is unclear, but this remains a huge threat to the future security of the waterway and will have to be taken into account in any future effort to reopen this critical waterway. -
FOR: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of WAAH DATE: Mar. 14, 2026 FROM: General Counsel, Department of WAAH (D'oH!)
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Italy’s chief of defense staff says a drone hit a base in Kuwait housing Italian and US forces
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Donald Trump is facing bipartisan criticism after a fundraising email featured an official photo from a dignified transfer of fallen U.S. service members and offered donors 'national security briefings.'
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The Pentagon on Saturday released the identities of six US crew members killed during the crash of a refueling aircraft in western Iraq earlier this week, which authorities said was not caused by “hostile fire.”
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