Washington — A Navy sailor who was based in Japan was charged by the U.S. military with espionage for allegedly giving classified information to an employee of a foreign government. Bryce Pedicini, a chief petty officer fire controlman, is accused of providing documents to an employee of a foreign government at least seven times between … Read more
The U.S. Navy is encountering a tenacious threat in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched wave after wave of low-cost precision weapons at vessels transiting the area, including attacks on U.S. warships themselves. “That’s one of the things [that] the Red Sea sort of demonstrates … we never know where the maritime … Read more
Two Navy SEALs who went missing on Jan. 11 while on an interdiction mission are considered dead, the U.S. military said Sunday. The SEALs were reported missing during a mission near the coast of Somalia to board a ship carrying Iranian weapons, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Ships and aircraft from the U.S., … Read more
Eastern Mediterranean — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have continued attacking commercial vessels in the vital shipping lanes of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden despite counterstrikes against the group by the U.S. and Britain. The Houthis claim the attacks are against ships linked to Israel and its allies — in support, they say, of Palestinians … Read more
Two U.S Navy soldiers have been reported missing off the coast of Somalia, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday in a statement. “On the evening of January 11, two U.S. Navy Sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia,” CENTCOM wrote. “Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing … Read more
