USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 13, 2020
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world…
USS Makin Island Departs San Diego in Early Test of COVID-19 Fleet Countermeasures
Eight days after 1,900 sailors boarded the ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, two of the ARG’s three…
3rd Fleet’s Conn Orders 1,900 Makin Island ARG Sailors to Stay on Ships Amid Coronavirus Concerns
The 1,900 sailors of the San Diego-based Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group will be sequestered to their ships for 14…
Top Stories 2017: Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
UPDATED: SEAL Killed in Fleet Week Parachuting Accident Identified as SO1 Remington Peters
This post has been updated to include an additional statement from the Naval Special Warfare Center. The SEAL who was…
Navy Posthumously Advances SEAL Killed in Yemen
The Navy announced it would posthumously promote the SEAL who died in a late January operation in Yemen, according to…
1 SEAL Killed, 4 Injured In Raid Against AQAP In Yemen; USS Makin Island Supported Operation
This post has been updated to include the name of the SEAL killed in action. One Navy SEAL was killed…
In Between Carriers, 11th MEU, Makin Island ARG Are Busy In 5th Fleet
The new year began with no U.S. aircraft carrier and carrier strike group on watch in the Middle East.…
Makin Island ARG Joins Wasp ARG, Eisenhower CSG In U.S. 5th Fleet
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit passed from U.S. 7th Fleet to U.S.…