The Watch - The Watch

Homeland Defense

National Guardsmen, Customs and Border Protection agents save man bitten by snake

The WatchOctober 7, 2026

Arctic

Norway boosts defense footprint with Arctic expansion

REUTERSOctober 7, 2026

The Caribbean

British warship visits TCI for hurricane response training

The WatchOctober 7, 2026

Key Issues

AI-assisted tool can help secure satellite communications networks

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOctober 6, 2026

Homeland Defense

Denmark rolls out 11-month conscription

The WatchOctober 6, 2026

Arctic

Canadian Armed Forces’ Operation Nanook-Tuugaalik begins in the Arctic

The WatchOctober 5, 2026

Homeland Defense

Coast Guard intercepts drug smuggling vessel carrying $54 million in cocaine

The WatchOctober 5, 2026

Arctic

Denmark announces defense buildup in Faroe Islands

The WatchOctober 2, 2026

Mexico

Mexican authorities arrest leader of Pueblo Unido criminal group

The WatchOctober 2, 2026

The Caribbean

TCI Regiment expands by adding 16 Marine recruits

The WatchOctober 1, 2026

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS | V7

Expanded U.S. powers target Latin American criminal organizations

July 2, 2026

Branching Out

July 2, 2026

Aerial Assault

July 2, 2026

Reliable Neighbors

July 2, 2026

Concurrent Movements

July 2, 2026

Organized Crime Crackdown

July 2, 2026

The Fentanyl Pipeline

July 2, 2026

Sifting Fact from Fiction

July 2, 2026

Lessons Learned

July 2, 2026

USNORTHCOM AOR

Homeland Defense

National Guardsmen, Customs and Border Protection agents save man bitten by snake

By The WatchOctober 7, 20260

North Carolina National Guardsmen and United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents rescued a…

Arctic

Norway boosts defense footprint with Arctic expansion

By REUTERSOctober 7, 20260

Norway in August 2026 expanded a recently created military brigade headquartered in the Arctic, the…

Amalgam Eagle marks first with Canadian participation

November 10, 2025

U.S. sanctions Mexican companies accused of aiding Sinaloa Cartel

October 31, 2025

Denmark boosts defense spending again with Arctic focus

October 30, 2025

Mexico shutters CCP-linked lithium mine

October 29, 2025

Mexico arrests Tren de Aragua leader, two associates

October 28, 2025

U.S., Finland announce deal to build 11 icebreakers

October 28, 2025

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS | V7

STRATEGIC COMPETITION - PRC AND RUSSIA

Arctic

PRC, Russia have different goals for Arctic, threatening their alliance

August 5, 20245 Mins Read

Fears of a Sino-Russian alliance in the Arctic are overblown, wrote an Australian defense expert in a recent analysis of…

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

Global fight against IUU abuses

August 2, 20244 Mins Read

Fijian law enforcement officers conduct a boarding of a China-flagged fishing vessel off the coast of Fiji as part of…

Arctic

Russia shifts military exercises farther north into Arctic

August 1, 20245 Mins Read

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Musso, a 57th Rescue Squadron Joint Terminal attack controller, participates in Nordic Response 24…

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

U.S. eyes curbs on the PRC’s access to AI software

July 31, 20245 Mins Read

The U.S. is considering curbs on the People’s Republic of China’s ability to import sophisticated AI models. REUTERS REUTERS The…

Russia

Sweden will play a key role on Team NATO

July 31, 20246 Mins Read

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gives a speech alongside Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, obscured, and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf…

TOP STORIES

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS | V7

USNORTHCOM AOR

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS | V7

STRATEGIC COMPETITION - PRC AND RUSSIA

TAKING THE FIGHT TO TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS | V7

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