Report to Congress on Navy Medium Landing Ship
The following is the Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) (Previously Light Amphibious Warship [LAW]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress on April 24, 2024..…
PACFLT’s Swift: Amphib USS Wasp Will Deploy With Surface Action Group in 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) deploys the first time from its new homeport in Japan in…
Marines Say Future High-End Pacific Fight Will Require Larger Force; CSBA Agrees In Preview To Future Fleet Architecture
The Marine Corps in recent years has grappled with how to remain a “fight-tonight” force without enough ships to take Marines…
U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Rated ‘Marginal’ in New Military Strength Report
Moscow is a “formidable” potential adversary while the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as “marginal” in meeting today’s requirements, according…
What Trump’s Team Has Said About Maritime Security
THE PENTAGON — Much is still unknown about how President-elect Donald Trump will approach defense and foreign policy issues upon…
Document: Gen. Robert Neller’s 2016 Marine Corps Birthday Message
The following is the 2016 Marine Corps birthday message from Commandant Gen. Robert Neller.…
Two Marine Hornets Crash In Training Mission; Both Pilots In Stable Condition
Two Marine Corps F-18 Hornets collided mid-air during a training mission today near San Diego, and both pilots are now…
Randy Forbes is the Favorite for Trump’s Secretary of the Navy
THE PENTAGON — An advocate for a 350-ship Navy and $20-billion annual shipbuilding budgets and a vocal opponent of Chinese…
Mabus Names LHA-8 After Bougainville Island Campaign in World War II
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced today that the next amphibious assault ship would be named after Bougainville island in the…
Document: SECDEF Ash Carter’s Pentagon Transition Memo Following Trump Election
The following is a Nov. 9, 2016 memo from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to the U.S. Department of Defense following…
F-35B In Training Squadron Experienced Fire In Weapons Bay; Investigation Ongoing
An F-35B Joint Strike Fighter with the Marine Corps’ training squadron experienced a fire in its weapons bay during a…