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Carlo Muñoz is a former military correspondent for The Washington Times.

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In this aerial photo, Japan's Coast Guard ship is seen at sea during a search-and-rescue operation for missing crew members of the U.S. Marine refueling plane and fighter jet off Muroto, Kochi prefecture, southwestern Japan, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Kyodo News via AP)

Search for U.S. Marines underway after fatal midair collision in Pacific

One Marine was killed and another wounded as American and Japanese search and rescue teams continue to seek survivors from a catastrophic midair collision between two U.S. warplanes in the Pacific, Marine Corps officials said Thursday. Five service members are still reported missing Thursday morning.

December 6, 2018
U.S. Navy sailors participate in training exercises aboard an American military ship docked in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, April 9, 2016. The Bahrain-based U.S. Naval Forces Central Command is leading naval and civilian maritime forces from more than 30 countries in three weeks of mine countermeasure exercises aimed at keeping key shipping lanes secure from piracy, terrorism and mines. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Scott Stearney death likely a suicide: Reports

The sudden death of one of the U.S. Navy's top commanders in the Middle East was likely the result of a suicide, according to recent reports. Vice Adm. Scott A. Stearney, commander of U.S. 5th Fleet, was found dead in his quarters at fleet headquarters in Bahrain on Saturday.

December 2, 2018
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., speaks during a news conference talking about the closing of Toys R Us outside of one of the store locations, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Totowa, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Bill Pascrell questions U.S.-China trade war ‘cease-fire’

The White House's decision to issue a three-month "cease-fire" in the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China would be a welcome reprieve from the economic warfare between the two nations, but it remains unclear what tangible results can be achieved from the measure, a top House Democrat said Sunday.

December 2, 2018
In this photo provided Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, by the Iranian Army, a Sayyad 2 missile is fired by the Talash air defense system during drills in an undisclosed location in Iran. Iran greeted the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and a statement from President Hassan Rouhani that the nation faces a "war situation," raising Mideast tensions as America's maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic takes hold. (Iranian Army via AP)

Iran vows to continue missile tests despite U.S. warnings

Iranian military leaders on Sunday vowed to press ahead with weapons testing of intermediate and long-range missiles, as well as other advanced arms systems, which have been banned by sanctions issued by the U.S. and United Nations.

December 2, 2018
In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Hill Republicans hit defense cuts looming in Trump budget

The Republican heads of the House and Senate defense committees are slamming the Trump White House's proposed $33 billion cut in projected Pentagon spending, saying the move would do nothing to reduce the nation's growing deficits.

November 30, 2018
Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, walks past fragments of Iranian short range ballistic missiles (Qiam) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday Nov. 29, 2018. The Trump administration accused Iran of stepping up violations of a U.N. ban on arms exports by sending rockets and other weaponry to rebels in Afghanistan and Yemen. The presentation displays weapons and fragments of weapons seized in Afghanistan, Bahrain and Yemen that it said are evidence Iran is a "grave and escalating threat" that must be stopped.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. threatens Iran over illegal rocket exports

President Trump's point man on curbing Iranian aggression offered fresh evidence Thursday that Tehran is violating a United Nations ban on weapons exports by sending rockets and other military equipment to proxies around the Middle East, and warned that the U.S. is prepared to use force to curtail such activity.

November 29, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin laid blame for the incident in the Kerch Strait on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, saying he orchestrated the provocation to bolster his popularity. (Associated Press)

Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis: Russia must be countered

The U.S. and its allies must step up their efforts to counter Russian aggression in the North Atlantic due to the Kremlin's demonstrated ability to exacerbate tensions in the strategic hot spots while stopping short of all-out war, the head of the Navy's recently reestablished 2nd fleet said Wednesday.

November 28, 2018
U.S. Air Force's F-16 fighter takes off during an annual joint air exercise "Max Thunder" between South Korea and the U.S. at a U.S. air base in Gunsan, South Korea, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (Go Bum-jun/Newsis via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. airstrikes kill nearly 40 terrorists in Somalia

Nearly 30 militants affiliated with the East African terror group al-Shabaab were killed in a pair of American airstrikes near Somalia, officials from U.S. Africa Command acknowledged Tuesday.

November 20, 2018
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2 Navy SEALs and 2 Marines charged in Green Beret’s death

A pair of Navy SEALs, assigned to the vaunted special operations group SEAL Team Six, as well as two members of the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, have been charged with the murder of a fellow Army Green Beret, Navy officials announced Thursday.

November 15, 2018