USS White River: How the US Navy transformed a landing vessel into a legendary rocket artillery ship
Today's US Navy is poorly equipped to support a landing force, but that wasn't the case decades ago when it had ships like ...
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Marine Corps Lays Out Plan for Harrier Crews as Stalwart Aircraft Flies into Sunset
Its squadrons have dwindled to two, and its maintainers have hit the fleet ... to the Marine Corps' amphibious operations from its outset, Burke said. Departing from ships, Marines would be ...
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What Is the Marine Forces Reserve Birthday? All About the Military Branch’s Celebration and Remembrance
While it’s not a bank holiday or regularly marked on the standard calendar, the holiday is intended to “honor the creation of the United States Marine Corps Reserve on its birthday ...
Marine who died trying to reach trapped Osprey pilots honored for final bravery
A marine was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for trying to save fellow Marines on an MV-22 Osprey crash.
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Warfighting, quality of life prioritized in USMC commandant guidance
help recruit and retain other Marines and better use the Marine Reserve. Smith also sees Force Design, which was the overarching plan to transform the Corps for modern combat under Berger ...
Marine Crew Chief Who Died Trying to Save Trapped Pilots in Osprey Crash Awarded Service's Highest Noncombat Honor
Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, awarded the service's highest noncombat award for heroism -- the Navy ...
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The MV-22 Osprey Is the Workhorse of the US Marine Corps
It has a storied history with the Corps and is effectively the workhorse in getting Marines to and from their objectives. (This is every gun used by the U.S. Marine Corps.) Unlike most rotor-based ...
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Commandant’s Planning Guidance
My intent with this Commandant’s Planning Guidance (CPG) is to provide all Marines with the strategic direction for the Marine Corps ... The new fleet-wide guidance from the Navy’s top ...
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Carolina Museum of the Marine announces new CEO
The Carolina Museum of the Marine Board of Directors appointed Major General Joe Shrader, USMC (Ret), as the organization’s ...
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US Marines Deploy Reaper to Contested Airspace Near China
The United States Marine Corps has deployed an unknown number of spying drones to a strategic Japanese island close to China and contested airspace, according to a report on Monday. The "Reaper ...
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2 Marines Attacked by Members of Anti-American Group During Port Call in Turkey
Two off-duty Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary ... They were disembarked from the destroyer USS Ross at the time. Neither the Marine Corps nor the Navy responded by press time ...
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Two U.S. Marines assaulted in Turkey by nationalist mob chanting ‘Yankee go home’
It shows the moment two Marines were surrounded by a group of 15 people in a commercial area who were chanting "Yankee go home." The group then restrained one Marine before one of them places a ...