USS Ponce, Last of the Austin-class Amphibious warships, Decommissions
After 46 years of disaster relief, civilian evacuations, troop transports, fleet protection, and the first use of a laser weapon,…
USS Ponce Returns From Final Deployment Ahead of Decommissioning
The converted amphibious warship that served as an experimental platform for special operations forces, minehunting helicopters and the Navy’s first…
Navy to Commission Middle East-based Expeditionary Sea Base Lewis B. Puller as a Warship
The Navy will re-designate its first Expeditionary Landing Base ship a warship this week, converting the Military Sealift Command ship…
Council Looking Into Using JHSV as Afloat Command and Control Platform for Marines
The Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council at the Pentagon has focused its efforts on using the Expeditionary Fast Transport for…
Expeditionary Mobile Base Chesty Puller May Receive SOF Upgrades Before 5th Fleet Deployment
ONBOARD USNS LEWIS B. PULLER – The Navy’s newest Afloat Forward Staging Base may include special operations capabilities when it makes…
Navy Renames Three Ship Classes, Creates ‘Expeditionary’ Designator in Naming System
This post has been updated to include additional information regarding the ship naming action memo from the chief of naval…
Dunford: Marines Must Fundamentally Rethink Deployment Strategies, Training
Marines will have to continue to be adaptable to meet growing threats with limited resources by fundamentally rethinking how the Marine Corps organizes…
Marines Testing Operating from Foreign Ships, Near-Forgotten Platforms to Bring Units Back to Sea
The Marine Corps is experimenting with the interoperability of its Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTFs) with various non-traditional platforms,…
House Appropriators Trim Shipbuilding Programs, Fund 7 Growlers
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to $138 million in advance procurement funding as going towards the T-AO(X)…
Navy Created Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council to Coordinate Experimentation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy has stood up an Auxiliary Platforms and Payloads Council at the Pentagon to look…