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..…
Navy Further Extending Life of Already-Extended LCACs Until Replacement Delivers in 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy is further extending the life of Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) that have already gone…
Marines Bid ‘Phrog’ Farewell to Last Active CH-46E Sea Knight Squadron
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — It’s perhaps a most fitting tribute: The first active-duty Marine Corps operational squadron to get the…
Document: Pentagon’s Better Buying Power 3.0 Memo and Outline
The following is the April 9, 2015 Better Buying Power 3.0 memo and outline, signed by Under Secretary of Defense…
Navy Interested in Guided Rounds for Surface Ships Pending Price Reductions
PENTAGON — The Navy is still interested in pursuing guided rounds for naval guns on its surface fleet but waiting…
Navy Continues Advocating Cruiser Modernization Plan Despite Previous Rejections in Congress
Navy leadership is continuing to push for its preferred guided missile cruiser modernization plan — which would put 11 of…
China Warns U.S. Following Emergency Landing of Two Marine Hornets in Taiwan
China issued the U.S. a warning not to interfere with its relationship with Taiwan following the Wednesday emergency landing of…
NFL Pro Bowl QB Eddie LeBaron and the Marines
The following is a column by former Marine and NFL player Eddie LeBaron that ran in the October, 2009 issue…
NAVAIR Details Changes in Navy V-22 Osprey Variant
The Navy is in the early stages of planning its carrier onboard delivery (COD) replacement platform, which will be a…
Marine Corps Releases Amphibious Combat Vehicle RFP
This post has been updated to remove references to an engineering contract related to work on a high water speed…
Navy to Decommission Big Deck Amphib Peleliu Tuesday, Ship Will Join Pearl Harbor Inactive Fleet
The last Tarawa-class big deck amphibious warship will decommission in a ceremony at Naval Station San Diego on Tuesday ahead…