Defence`s Feeds

Andy Burnham will arrive in Ukraine on Monday 24 August for his first overseas visit as Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister met the President of the European Council Antonio Costa on the train to Kyiv, as the two leaders travelled into the city to mark Independence Day.

The Prime Minister spoke to Luc Frieden, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, on the train into Kyiv.

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disrupting their operations, dismantling their leadership, and eliminating cartel terror across the region." Gen. Donovan said.

U.S. and Nigerian forces are conducting a series of training events at Operating Location Bauchi, Nigeria, aimed at sharing military expertise, strengthening partner capacity and building relationships between service members from both nations.

On Monday morning, August 24, around 6:00 AM, the MoND radar surveillance system detected intermittent signals in the Republic of Moldova's airspace, in the Cahul area. One of the signals subsequently appeared in Târgu Bujor area, Galați County.

Israeli warplanes, artillery units and ground forces have carried out attacks against several areas in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media reported.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday inaugurated the 2,115-megawatt Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant, a landmark project expected to strengthen electricity supply and accelerate industrial and economic development.

Dignitaries again flocked to the Yasukuni Shrine on the day of Japan's defeat.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday the country is in an "all-out" economic, military, and security war with the "enemies."

A senior Iranian security official warned on Sunday that the country will consider any state's participation in or support for the U.S. anti-Iran economic operation as an "act of war."

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday backed the call made by former Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Barbers calling for swift and decisive actions against so-called "foreign state-sponsored malign influence campaigns".

The Mbour-Kaolack highway project, built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, opened to traffic on Saturday at a ceremony in Thiadiaye, Mbour Department, in Senegal's western Thies Region.

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Army aviation training at Oakey is undergoing one of its most significant evolutions in decades, with the EC135 Juno helicopter now firmly embedded as a part of a modernised pilot training system.

The Army's ability to generate combat power relies on more than advanced weapon systems, it depends on the logisticians who ensure those capabilities can be delivered wherever and whenever they are needed.

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According to this family member from a deployed sailor on the Abe, her son “didn’t sign up to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean.”

WTF are we teaching these kids? His job is precisely that…boats in the ocean.

It’s not just a job or educational benefits, it’s a frikking… pic.twitter.com/q3u3Wn6Tbl

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 21, 2026 Ya know what I find funny? No other ship in that carrier strike group is having these issues (or reporting them). That makes me think it might be a "command thing". Haven't heard a peep from the MEU's either. A little sauce for the goose?
Notable Long Deployments     USS Midway (1972–1973): 332 days (All-time aircraft carrier record, Vietnam War)     USS Coral Sea (1964–1965): 329 days     USS Gerald R. Ford (2025–2026): 326 days (Longest post-Vietnam and longest nuclear-powered carrier deployment)     USS Nimitz (2020–2021): 321 uninterrupted days at sea during a COVID-19 pandemic sequestration deployment