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 July 23, 2024. …
Essex Amphibious Ready Group, 15th MEU Set to Deploy Today from San Diego
The three-ship Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) will deploy today from Naval Station…
Photo Gallery: Arsenal of Democracy World War II Victory Capital Flyover
70 years ago today, Allied Forces in World War II declared victory in Europe. It would take another three months…
U.S. PACOM Official: Destruction in Nepal ‘Could Have Been Even Worse’
As terrible as the loss of life and damage has been since the April 25, Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, an…
Document: Memo from Navy Secretary Mabus on Wargaming
The following is a memo from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on improving and increasing Navy and Marine Corps wargaming as…
U.S. Marine Forces Pacific to Host First-Ever Amphibious Leaders Symposium
This article has been updated to include information on a memo from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus dealing with wargaming in…
SECDEF Ash Carter: Republican Congressional Budget Proposal is ‘A Road to Nowhere’
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter asked Congress to relieve the Pentagon of the “double whammy” of sequestration budget restrictions and…
Marines’ Aviation C2 System Finishes Operational Assessment
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Marines’ Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) wrapped up its operational assessment…
Who Will Follow Dunford as Next Marine Corps Commandant?
Gen. Joseph Dunford was nominated the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday after only serving as the Commandant…
Pentagon Notifies Congress of Potential $3 Billion V-22 Osprey Sale to Japan
Congress has received notification of a potential $3 billon sale of 17 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and support equipment…
Document: SECDEF Ash Carter Statement on Gen. Joseph Dunford’s Nomination to Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
The following is the May 5, 2015 statement from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on the nomination of Marine Corps…