USS Manchester (LCS-14) suffered a security violation orchestrated by the Chief’s Quarters and led by the Chief of the Boat in an effort to gain internet access at sea without authorization by installing a Starlink antenna on the ship. The now demoted and disgraced Chief Petty Officer was removed from her command position and court martialed after lying about the private Wi-Fi network.China violates Japan’s territorial waters twice around the Senkaku islands with a research vessel and a PLAN destroyer flotilla. Japan responds by increasing military cooperation with Australia.