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. …
Marines May Merge ACV Increments as Industry Chases Higher Requirements
The competitors for the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) increment 1.1 are focusing on the eventual increment 1.2 capabilities…
UPDATED: 7 MARSOC Marines, 4 National Guard Soldiers Missing Following Florida Blackhawk Accident
The post and the headline have been updated to include additional information from U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command…
CNO Greenert: Navy Could Fix Readiness Shortfall by 2020 if Sequestration is Avoided
Navy leadership hopes to have a surge force of three Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and three Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG)…
Pilot Program Forges Bonds Between Marines and U.S. Special Operations Forces
CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF. — A small six man U.S. special operations team embedded with the 2,200-member 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit…
Document: Evolving the Relationship of SOF and the ARG/MEU
The following is a Jan. 13, 2014 outline of the U.S. Marine Corps efforts to better integrate U.S. Special Operations…
Meet the Navy, USMC Veterans on the House Armed Services Committee
As the House Armed Services Committee begins its work on the defense authorization bill this year, one in six committee…
Marines Considering New Platforms to Extend Africa Reach, Including the Gulf of Guinea
The Marines are looking to employ new types of ships to extend the reach of special crisis response units into…
Allen on ISIS Fight: ‘We’ll Do Mosul When We’re Ready’
Quoting the Iraqi prime minister that “we’ll do Mosul when we’re ready,” the special presidential envoy to the Global Coalition…
U.S. Officially Ends Special Operations Task Force in the Philippines, Some Advisors May Remain
This post has been updated to include additional comments from U.S. Special Operations Command, Pacific. The U.S. special operations mission…
Navy to Build CVN-79 in 2 Phases; Ditching Plans for Early AFSB-3 Procurement
In their first budget hearing of the year with the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Navy officials described their Fiscal…