The Philippine military opened two weeks of combat drills Monday that would include seizing an island in the disputed South China Sea and likely be frowned upon by China.

Another contingent of stealth fighters has landed at Kadena Air Base as part of a temporary plan to fill in for retiring F-15 Eagles.

Unmanned aerial vehicles from the United States and South Korea recently teamed up to improve their combat effectiveness via first-of-their-kind live-fire drills.

China claims an “unexpected obstruction” forced one of its military aircraft into Japanese airspace this summer, according to diplomatic sources quoted by Japan’s Kyodo news agency.

The Navy is seeking bids for the construction of a joint communications center at the Marine Corps base on Guam.

South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland.

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick, an Emporia soldier killed during D-Day who was recently accounted for after 80 years, will make his final journey home to Emporia on Nov. 8.

Using scrub brushes, buckets and hoses transported to the site by a National Park Service truck, the volunteers spent nearly an hour cleaning the memorial in preparation of Veterans Day.

On Oct. 25, bestselling author James Patterson and 1st Sgt. (Ret.) Matt Eversmann visited The United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. with the USO for a Q&A with Army cadets and faculty about their new book, “American Heroes.”

In a national referendum on Oct. 20, Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority of 50.35% in favor of securing a membership in the E.U. But the results of the referendum and the first round of the presidential election were overshadowed by allegations of a Moscow-backed vote-buying scheme.