U.S. Marine Reconnaissance Newsletter
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U.S. Marine Corps MQ-9A Reaper Drones reinforce Philippine South China Sea surveillance
16 Nov 2025 20:56 GMT
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At Manila’s request, the United States Marine Corps has quietly surged an MQ … flying persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sorties from Basa Air Base … 2024 for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions in support of …
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U.S. Marines of 22nd MEU sustain high readiness as Caribbean tensions with Venezuela rise
16 Nov 2025 20:56 GMT
U.S. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary … .
On November 15, 2025, the United States Marine Corps announced via its official X … . Navy ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) platforms across the region. While …
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U.S. Marines MV-22B Ospreys conduct night operations in Caribbean Sea as Operation Southern Spear...
15 Nov 2025 21:52 GMT
Citing information from U.S. Southern Command, MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crews from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct night flight operations from the USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Sea. The flights mark early activity under Operation …
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China’s Large R6000 Uncrewed Tiltrotor Is Now In Flight Testing
19 Nov 2025 02:32 GMT
The TWZ Newsletter
Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy.
Images show that a large tiltrotor drone called the R6000, being developed by United Aircraft in China, has now entered flight …
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White House Calls China's South China Sea Claims 'Increasingly Coercive'
18 Nov 2025 16:01 GMT
The United States is defending its deployment of drones to contested waterways, telling Military.com that China's maritime rhetoric has become "increasingly coercive."
American forces in recent days expanded surveillance in one of the world’s …
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Marine Corps Trains New MQ-9A Reaper Pilots
17 Nov 2025 18:03 GMT
NOVEMBER 17, 2025 – U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle … ) program, providing surveillance and aerial reconnaissance capabilities to the MAGTF. VMUT …
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Courage Under Fire
16 Nov 2025 11:11 GMT
… the fire that killed 13 U.S. Marines and burned dozens more. Though … his descriptions of a weather reconnaissance plane flying through Tip and …
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Not science fiction: Military training while you fight
15 Nov 2025 21:22 GMT
Marines participate in a water survival advanced training course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 25, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diana Garcia)
Imagine an operating environment where friendly forces develop and simulate optimal …
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Indian Navy chief meets US officials to boost Indo-Pacific cooperation
15 Nov 2025 09:47 GMT
Washington: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi held a series of high-level discussions with top US military officials in a step towards enhancing maritime cooperation between the two nations.
He met Admiral Samuel J Paparo, Commander of the US …
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Marines deploy Reaper drone unit to South China Sea
15 Nov 2025 02:24 GMT
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed a unit equipped with MQ-9A Reaper drones to the South China Sea to provide support to Philippine forces there amid a series of clashes with Chinese vessels. The unit is deployed on a temporary basis and the drones are …