Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on July 11, 2024. (Li Xiang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
A Blue Water Logistic Unmanned Areal System on the flight deck of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent while the ship was underway in the Atlantic Ocean on June 10, 2023. (John Bruening via DVIDS)
Amid intensifying threats military from China, Taiwanese soldiers carrying artillery to tanks during the two-day live-fire drill in Pingtung, Taiwan, on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Newport News returned home to Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on January 3, 2023. ( John Narewski via DVIDS)
US Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick speaks during a press conference on June 20, 2023, about the search efforts for the submersible that went missing. (Joseph Prezioso via Getty Images)