U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — including high-powered rockets — during Balikatan training aimed this week at repelling an amphibious assault.

In his first trip abroad as Navy Secretary, John Phelan visited Japan and spoke with Stars and Stripes about advancing shipbuilding and improving the quality of life for U.S. sailors as priorities for the service.

Sailors were towing an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the hangar bay Monday when the crew “lost control of the aircraft,” according to the Navy. It is unclear whether there will be an effort to recover the jet, which costs about $60 million.

At some places in Spain and Portugal, subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines were knocked out. The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center issued a statement saying there was no sign the outage was due to a cyberattack.

U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen have dealt a serious blow to the militant group’s ability to keep up attacks on military and commercial ships in the Middle East, U.S. Central Command said.

A motorcyclist died over the weekend after colliding with a vehicle driven by an unidentified U.S. sailor stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, according to Japanese police.

The rescinded plan had committed the Navy to reducing its overall emissions by 65% by 2030. The move comes after the Defense Department in mid-March announced it would flush climate change policies and initiatives deemed “inconsistent with our core warfighter mission.” 

The 27-year-old Navy SEAL died trying to save a fellow sailor during a dangerous nighttime mission off the Somali coast last year. An investigation released in October concluded that the deaths of both sailors were preventable. 

A three-judge panel at Yokohama District Court found Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Krieger liable in a civil suit and awarded compensation to the victims based on the severity of their injuries, ranging from about $67,000 to $3,300.

The U.S. Navy sent the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence on a solo transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the second Navy trip through the contentious waterway this year, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.