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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
Sailors stuck with expensive housing options after Navy shuts down their barracks
The Navy’s newest warship honors Frank Petersen, the Marines’ first Black aviator
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The Navy has decided to scrap the USS Bonhomme Richard
The service has determined that it would be too costly to repair the amphibious assault ship.
The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship just rolled up in San Diego
After a trip around South America, the USS Tripoli has arrived in San Diego and will be used to deploy Marines and their aircraft worldwide
The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship just rolled up in San Diego
After a trip around South America, the USS Tripoli has arrived in San Diego and will be used to deploy Marines and their aircraft worldwide
Fires and flooding have absolutely devastated the USS Bonhomme Richard, the Navy’s top officer reveals
Damage to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard caused by fires, explosions, and flooding is "extensive," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said in a summary report obtained by Defense News
Meet the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship for a ‘leaner and meaner’ Marine Corps
The Navy commissioned its newest amphibious assault ship on Wednesday, July 15, one designed to better deploy Marines and their aircraft from the ocean
USS Bonhomme Richard, its fate uncertain, would be one of largest ships Navy has lost outside of combat
Even if the ship is saved, it will be out of action for an extended period of time, and that will limit what the Navy can do in deploying its forces.
Hundreds of sailors fight to save USS Bonhomme Richard as blaze tears through stricken warship
“I feel absolutely hopeful [the ship] will sail again"
The Navy and Marine Corps are on the hunt for a new light amphibious warship
Details have emerged about a new class of amphibious warships that Navy and Marine Corps leaders say will be essential to competing with near-peer adversaries at sea.
China’s Military Buildup
China has rapidly increased its research and development in technology in recent years.
Marine Corps commandant: We need to be unpredictable, and we need the ‘Lightning Carrier’ to do it
The Marine Corps wants to overhaul its force to prepare to be more dispersed and more flexible to deter and, if need be, take on China's growing military in the Pacific
11 sailors injured in fire aboard amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima
Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima reported smoke in the cargo hold at 11:45 p.m on Thursday. The ship was pierside at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, where it's undergoing maintenance
China has launched its first amphibious assault ship
"It highlights China's growing maritime power projection and the expansion of its amphibious warfare ambitions and forces."
Pentagon sending more forces to the Middle East in response to Iran loading missiles onto boats
Both deployments were part of the CENTCOM commander's original request for reinforcements in response to intelligence that Iranian Revolutionary Guards were loading missiles onto dhows, the defense official told reporters.
The Navy is sending its most powerful amphibious assault ship to the Pacific
The Navy is bringing increased strike power to U.S. forces in the Pacific with a new deployment
Russia Wants The Same Amphibious Capability As The US Marine Corps
In 2014, Russia was on its way to filling a major capacity gap that emerged during the 2008 Russo-Georgia conflict;...
Overboard Marine Still Missing As Corps Ends Search And Rescue Efforts
Five days of intensive search efforts for a Marine who fell overboard in the Sulu Sea have ended without locating...
‘Round-The-Clock Search And Rescue Operations’ Underway For Overboard Marine
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for a Marine who fell overboard near the Philippines while embarked on the amphibious...
