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US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on July 21 that its forces had diverted eight commercial ships in the past week since the naval blockade of Iran resumed.

The US Department of Defense says that dozens of American soldiers have been injured in Iranian attacks over the past two weeks.

The United States cannot protect its 50,000 troops stationed in the Middle East from attacks by Iran, whose arsenal of missiles and drones remains substantial, the Wall Street Journal reported.

US President Donald Trump said on July 21 that the United States was not finished with Iran and warned that the US military could soon target a deeply buried nuclear site near Natanz known as Kuh-e Kolang.

The United States military will soon "very heavily" strike Iran's Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La Mountain, otherwise known as "Pickaxe," US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

Secretary of War Pet Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill today, where the two leaders spoke in support of President Donald J. Trump's June 24 supplemental budget request to Congress.

The Navy-Marine Corps team of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) concluded a dynamic six-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, as the 31st MEU offloaded in Okinawa, July 22, 2026.

Pacific Partnership 2026 (PP26) mission personnel arrived in Sibolga, Indonesia, aboard the Royal Australian Navy Bay-class landing ship dock HMAS Choules (LSD 100) on July 20, 2026, marking the second mission stop of the U.S. Navy's largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster preparedness mission in the Indo-Pacific.

Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers, alongside Guam National Guard and Malaysian Forces, sharpened their warfighting skills during a force-on-force training exercise using the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) as part of Keris Strike 2026 near Kota Belud, Malaysia, July 19.

Soldiers assigned to Civil Affairs Team Botswana, Bravo Company, Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) conducted country program monitoring assessments of 14 medical clinics in various locations throughout Botswana, May 5-19.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) gave the following statement on the House floor during consideration of H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27 NDAA).

NATO countries are running short of the cotton linter needed to make explosives for ammunition, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Indonesia's House of Representatives approved the ratification of defense cooperation agreements with Turkiye and Malaysia on Tuesday, strengthening strategic ties with both countries, according to Antara.

During their meeting on 18 April 2024, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of New Zealand agreed to elevate the bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership by 2026.

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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday welcomed additional support offered by Australia in boosting its aerial and maritime drone capabilities during a visit by Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Antonio Nafarrete on Tuesday said his priority is to strengthen the military's territorial defense capabilities.

Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concerns that the State Department may be illegally impeding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) from conducting statutorily mandated oversight of U.S. foreign assistance.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Manila on July 21 for his first visit to the Philippines as America's top diplomat, joining an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial gathering overshadowed by renewed conflict with Iran and rising tensions in the South China Sea.

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