(Credit: youtubeCGTN) The People’s Republic of China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier. By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – Reports that China is seeking to establish a naval base in Equatorial Guinea on the Atlantic Coast of Africa is causing alarm in the
Pentagon Press Briefing room at the Pentagon in Washington DC (Credit: US DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – The U.S. House on Tuesday passed a $768 billion defense policy bill, boosting the Pentagon’s budget some
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers the keynote address during the 2021 Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Dec. 4, 2021. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON –
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson assumed new role as commander of Southcom October 29, 2021. (Credit: Wikipedia Commons / U.S. Army photo by Monica King) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson assumed duties as commander of SOUTHCOM
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the media on Afghanistan, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Biden Pentagon is defending the Chairman
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. military will launch a “forceful response” against the Taliban if they attack Americans evacuating at the airport in Afghanistan capital city Kabul, the Pentagon’s press secretary said Thursday. “We’ve made it very clear
Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, Commander, U.S. Africa Command provides testimony the Senate Armed Services Apr. 22, 2021 Washington D.C. (Photo U.S. Africa Command) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – The Pentagon confirmed that Army Gen. Stephen Townsend ordered an airstrike this week
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly pose for a photo after signing the U.S.-France Roadmap on Special Operations Forces Cooperation the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st
U.S. Navy cornerback Cameron Kinley (pressboxonline.com / Photo Credit: Phil Hoffmann/Navy Athletics) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON DC – PENTAGON – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has granted Navy cornerback Cameron Kinley a waiver from active military duty to play in
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks during a press conference for Operation Enduring Freedom at the Pentagon, April 3, 2002. (Credit: Helene C. Stikkel, DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Donald Rumsfeld, who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense, died on Wednesday at