'Not a Truck': Future Amphibs May Carry Fewer Marines, More Lethality The days of treating amphibious ships like shuttle buses that get Marines to the fight are over.
USS Wasp Enters Pacific Ahead of Historic Deployment With F-35B The Marines' 5th-generation "jump jet" fighter is about to be deployed aboard a ship for the very first time.
Brother of Victim Honors Navy Warships Named for 9/11 Sites The Navy ship USS Somerset and its crew serve as a living memorial to the passengers of United Flight 93.
Amid Shortfalls, Most USMC Requests for Ship Training Denied Last Year The Marine Corps says it needs 38 amphibious ships for missions around the globe; today, it has 32 with nearly half...
Navy Ships Patrol Waters off Yemen Coast as Rebels Takeover Country Several U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships are now on stand-by off the coast of Yemen to assist with an evacuation of U.S...
House Boosts Funds for Nuclear Submarines, Super Hornets and Amphibs Congress added funds to a range of programs including F-18s and nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines.
Navy Preps to Build Next Generation LXR Amphibious Assault Ship The Navy is preparing to build its new LXR amphibious assault ship in order to meet the fast-rising need for amphibs across...
U.S. Marines, Australians Conduct Amphibious Assault Training FOG BAY, Australia – U.S. Marine and Australian amphibious forces conducted beach assault training recently as part of...
Marine Corps Harriers Join Fight Against ISIL Naval Aviation rejoined the fight against ISIL Nov. 19 when AV-8B Harriers launched from the amphibious assault ship USS...
Artillery Marines Aboard USS Arlington Maintain Readiness while Afloat Marines with the 120mm Mortars Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the...
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...