Japan Aircraft Scrambled Fewer Times in FY 2023 Compared to FY 2022
Japan Air Self-Defense Force aircraft scrambled fewer times against foreign aircraft during Fiscal Year 2023 compared to FY 2022, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. …
Senate Panel Pushes Navy, Marine Corps to Fix Base Housing Problems
The chairman of a Senate panel overseeing military personnel pushed the Navy and Marines to fix ongoing military housing problems that…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 4, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
F-35C Wing Commander Focused on First Deployment, Transitioning First Marine Corps Squadron
This post has been updated to include additional information from the Joint Strike Fighter Wing and context from Naval Air…
13th MEU, Essex ARG Return Home, Ending First F-35B Combat Deployment
This post has been updated to include a statement from U.S. 3rd Fleet. Marines and sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready…
First Marine F-35B Combat Deployment Hints at New Roles for Amphibious Ready Group
After eight months at sea with a squadron of F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters, the Marines and the Navy…
Marine Corps Fields First JLTV This Week; IOC Planned for July
The Marine Corps will field its first Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) tomorrow, placing the first vehicle at the School…
G/ATOR Block II Radar Fielded to Artillery Marines, Headed Towards Full-Rate Production
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Marine Corps fielded its first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Block II system to a…
Report to Congress on U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan
The following is the Feb. 26, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy In Brief.…
Navy Stopped Publicly Announcing Flag Officer Nominations, Citing Policy Review
An earlier version of this story referred to 67 U.S. Army general officer nominations when in fact these were 67…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Feb. 25, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…