USNI News sat down with Capt. Keith Moore, the former commander, Amphibious Squadron One (COMPHIBRON ONE) to talk about his 2016 deployment with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and what amphibs do in the U.S. Navy. Read More
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U.S. Moves Amphibious Warship Closer to Iraq, Four U.S. Ships in the Gulf
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is underway in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility. US Navy Photo
The U.S. is repositioning an amphibious warship closer to Iraq as the ongoing conflict between Iraqi security forces and sectarian forces intensifies, a defense official told USNI News on Monday. Read More
Bataan ARG Deploys with 22nd MEU
USS Bataan (LHD 5) departs Naval Station Norfolk on Feb. 8, 2014. US Navy Photo
Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Bataan left Naval Station Norfolk, Va. for an eight month deployment on Saturday. Read More
Updated: No Tasking for U.S. Marines Near Egypt to Intervene in Conflict
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), left, leads the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) and the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD-17) on June 16, 2013. US Navy Photo
Marines on two amphibious warships in the Red Sea have not been given tasking to respond to the growing unrest in Egypt, Navy and Marine Corps officials told USNI News on Friday.
“There hasn’t been an official tasking,” Marine Capt. Eric Flanagan at the Pentagon told USNI News.
“They’re not getting ready to go into Egypt.” Read More
