With the Marine Corps and the Pentagon at odds, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the services are conducting a capability and cost analysis to consider alternative ship designs and ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps is examining what unmanned systems and disruptive technology will benefit the force during amphibious operations in the coming decades, and which combination of ...

Lance Cpl. Alex Rojo, a crew chief with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepares to embark aboard the Philippine Navy landing platform dock BRP Davao Del Sur (LD 602) in 2018. (Sgt.

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

In June 2022, shipbuilder HII demonstrated what a mothership role for amphibious shipping might look like. (HII) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s amphibious ships are as much of a Swiss Army knife as the ...

The Marines could not send a large crisis-response unit to Turkey after its devastating earthquake because there weren’t any amphibious ships in the region, the Marine Corps commandant said Wednesday, ...

An AH-1Z Cobra helicopter lands on the amphibious transport dock ship New Orleans while in the South China Sea on Nov. 10, 2022. (MC1 Desmond Parks/U.S. Navy) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon team leading ...

Nearly half of the amphibious warfare ships Marines need to deploy often are unavailable due to maintenance, according to a government watchdog. How the Navy currently manages those repairs means ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --The readiness of the Navy's fleet of 32 amphibious warfare ships, which are deemed crucial in quickly ...