U.S. Marine Corps - Page 304

VIDEO: Marine ACVs Make Operational Premiere in Balikatan 2024 Exercise

May 7, 2024 1:47 PM
Amphibious Combat Vehicles disembarked from USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and into Philippine waters during Balikatan 2024 over the weekend, marking the maiden deployment of the Marine Corps’ newest armored asset in the Indo-Pacific. Succeeding the 1970s-era Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the…

An Unmanned Joint Strike Fighter?

July 12, 2012 10:22 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:49 PM
CRYSTAL CITY, VIRGINIA — Three nautical miles from an amphibious assault ship, I toggled a small button labeled “STOVL,” or short…

Scenes from Guadalcanal

July 11, 2012 10:35 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:28 PM
On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal, The U.S. Naval Institute has collected a series of photos from the…

Punch Them in the Nose…and Then Leave

July 10, 2012 9:38 PM - Updated: February 5, 2013 8:04 PM
Proceedings, July 2012 This year marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet client government in Afghanistan. Mark…

Keeping our Amphibious Edge

July 6, 2012 12:37 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 7:56 PM
Proceedings, July 2012 Amphibious capability has become associated primarily with assaulting defended beaches and seizing lodgments for land campaigns. However,…

Stolen Valor Still an Option

July 3, 2012 11:30 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 1:38 PM
The oath taken on commissioning or enlisting in the armed forces, begins, “I will support and defend the Constitution of…

Firsthand from Guadalcanal

July 2, 2012 11:30 AM - Updated: February 5, 2013 7:52 PM
Naval History, August 2012 When the 1st Marine Division splashed ashore on Guadalcanal on 7 August 1942, two members of…

A New Way for Mine Warfare

June 17, 2012 10:19 AM - Updated: February 28, 2013 8:29 AM
“Any ship can be a minesweeper –- once,” goes the old naval joke, but top American commanders in the Middle…
1 302 303 304

Get USNI News updates delivered to your inbox