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...
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Visits Kearsarge The U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia joined Commander, Task Force 51, Jan. 3-4 for a tour of amphibious assault...
Mabus Details Plans to Locate Seabasing Ships Near Japan, South Korea Two of the U.S. Navy's newest seabasing platforms will be located near Japan and South Korea, the secretary of the Navy...
These Unusual Ships Could Carry Marines Around Australia, Africa A new class of amphibious assault ships will support Marine Corps operations for the two continents.
11 Years After the Battles, Some Say It’s Time for a USS Fallujah More than 120 Americans died in the two battles of Fallujah that took place in the spring and fall of 2004.
Navy Asks for More Amphibs to Transport Marines Navy leaders told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Navy needs more amphibious ships to transport...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
