U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he would drop his 10-month hold on military promotions for those being promoted to three stars and below. Read More
Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, to a simulated airfield seizure during a mission rehearsal exercise as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 2, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The platoons of infantry Marines stepped out of the first group of MV-22B Ospreys that landed in a brushy field last week and made their way to a nearby compound. They arrived at the request of the U.S. State Department to protect the U.S. embassy amid rising local tensions in a fictional city hit by a natural disaster. Read More
USS Bataan (LHD-5) conducts landing craft utility operations alongside the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) in the Red Sea on Nov. 6, 2023. US Navy Photo
The U.S. is talking with other partner countries to possibly set up a maritime task force to protect ships in the Red Sea, the White House National Security Advisor said on Monday. Read More
Diving and salvage experts working alongside U.S. Navy sailors and Marines use inflatable salvage roller bags to extract the U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon from waters just off the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 2, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
A team of U.S. Navy salvage experts, Marine Corps air support teams and contractors over the weekend successfully recovered a P-8A Poseidon that had been floating in a Hawaiian bay since it overshot a runway two weeks ago. Read More
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 4, 2023, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. This post has been updated to include more information on deployed and underway ships. Read More
USS Boxer (LHD 4) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) transit the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 4, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo
The commander of a California-based amphibious squadron was removed from command on Friday following an arrest last week in Coronado, USNI News has learned. Read More
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, off-load from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Air Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Hijyudai Maneuver Area, Oita, Japan, Oct. 25, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
Top Japanese government officials have expressed concern that the United States is not providing sufficient information regarding the ongoing flights of U.S. Ospreys in Japan following Wednesday’s crash of an Air Force Special Operations (AFSOC) CV-22 in the waters of Yakushima Island. Meanwhile, the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) wrapped up drills with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer on Thursday. Read More
Unmanned surface vessel Sea Hunter transits underneath the Sydney Harbor bridge as part of a scheduled port visit during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Oct 24, 2023. US Navy Photo
The year is 2025. China’s invasion of Taiwan, long feared, has finally arrived. America is scrambling a fleet to defend the 90-mile Taiwan Strait. But first, the U.S. military unleashes the drones. Read More
An CMV-22B Osprey, carrying the U.S. ambassador to Japan, Hon. Rahm Emanuel, Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hayashi Yoshima, Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, Commander, Navy Region Japan/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan Rear Adm. Carl Lahti, lands on Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi following an official visit, to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on April 23, 2022. US Navy Photo
Japan’s government on Thursday called on the U.S. military to suspend MV-22Bs and CV-22Bs Ospreys in operations Japan, save for search-and-rescue missions, following Wednesday’s crash of an Air Force Special Operations CV-22B in the waters off the island of Yakushima. Read More
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Indonesian marines with 4th Marine Infantry Brigade, Pasmar 1, participate in the Keris Marine Exercise opening ceremony at Piabung Training Area in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, Nov. 23, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo
After training in the Philippines since October, a forward-positioned Marine Corps task force kicked off another exercise in Indonesia last week. Read More
