Report to Congress on Navy Amphibious Warship Programs
The following is the Oct. 10, 2019 Congressional Research Service report, Navy LPD-17 Flight II and LHA Amphibious Ship Programs:…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 7, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
USS Wasp Heading to U.S. in Homeport Shift; USS America Goes to Japan Later This Year
After less than two years forward-deployed, big deck amphib USS Wasp (LHD-1) has left Japan.…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 15, 2019
A previous version of this post had the incorrect number for the Air Wing attached to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).…
Navy Adding Fifth Amphib to Japan-Based Fleet for Operational Flexibility; 1 DDG Leaving Japan
This post has been updated to note that USS New Orleans would be the fifth amphibious ship forward-deployed to Japan. USS Germantown…
USS America Will Allow Japan-Based Marines to Bring More MV-22 Ospreys to Sea
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Japan-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is already considering how next year’s arrival of new amphibious assault…
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 22, 2019
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
USS America Will Head to Japan to Serve as Next Forward-Deployed Amphibious Flagship
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship will replace the service’s oldest as the forward-deployed big deck in…