The U.S. military killed five alleged drug smugglers in strikes against two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, in an expansion of the Trump administration's use of the armed forces in its counter-narcotics campaign.

The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against a vessel that it says was carrying drugs, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Since operations targeting suspected drug traffickers began over the summer, over 30 people have been reportedly killed.

The Trump Administration’s assault on alleged drug boats is heading west, as the U.S. military bombed a vessel in the Pacific Ocean, according to reports Wednesday.

A surfer in distress was rescued from the Pacific Ocean near the Oceanside Pier Friday night, and was taken to a hospital in unknown condition after CPR was performed.

According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the strike killed two people, bringing the death toll from all the strikes to at least 34 people.

Members of Congress say the Pentagon has still not provided any evidence to back justifications for the attacks.

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the Pacific Northwest coast.

The deep ocean has long been viewed as a quiet realm, largely isolated from the dynamic processes that shape Earth's climate. However, new observations in the western equatorial Pacific have revealed robust intraseasonal variability at depths of 1,