26 March 2022 CNO Delivers Remarks at Christening Ceremony for Future USS Jack H. Lucas PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday attended and delivered remarks at the christening ceremony for the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, March. 26.
25 March 2022 NPS Research Seeks to Advance Aircraft Turbine Resilience to Particulates MONTEREY, Calif. - In late 2015, two Marines were killed and 20 others injured after a MV-22 Osprey crashed during pre-deployment training at Bellows Air Force Base in Hawaii. The culprit … Airborne sand and dust particulates caused brownout conditions for the aviators and were ingested into the
10 February 2022 NIWC Atlantic Rapidly Develops New Air Defense System for Marines CHARLESTON, S.C. - Engineers at NIWC Atlantic’s Expeditionary Warfare Department took just nine months to build out the model of a critical air defense capability named MADIS. The powerful on-the-move weapons system was designed to make Marines more dominant on the battlefield.
22 October 2021 MCSC Begins Fielding Amphibious Robot System for Littoral Missions MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.—In September, Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding an amphibious, unmanned robot system to support littoral operations globally.
10 July 2021 2D Marine Division supports Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 ODESA, Ukraine - U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (1/6), 2D Marine Division along with land forces from Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, United Kingdom and Ukraine conducted a series of joint training events, live fire ranges and culminated with a final
21 June 2021 LCS, Marines enhance Naval integration while in Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan - Rotationally-deployed littoral combat ships (LCS) in the Indo-Pacific continue to integrate with forces across the region as a part of the Naval Expeditionary Force (NEF) and in support of theater littoral warfare.
22 December 2020 Makin Island Amphib Group, Marines Arrive Off Somali Coast to Relocate U.S. Forces The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived off the coast of Somalia Dec. 21 as part of the Joint Forces Maritime Component Command for Joint Task Force-Quartz (JTF-Q).
12 November 2020 Navy/Marine Corps COVID-19 Study Findings Published in New England Journal of Medicine Implementing public health best practices on their own among young adults may not be enough to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and additional actions, such as widespread and repeated testing, are recommended to reduce risk of viral spread, according to research published today in the New England
06 November 2020 U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Commanders Sign Integrated Maritime Campaign Support Plan Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO), and Brig. Gen. Phillip Frietze, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (COMMARFORSOUTH), signed the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) Maritime Campaign Support Plan (MCSP) in a
04 August 2020 Location of Sunken AAV, Remains Found off San Clemente Island Officials with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group positively identified on August 3 the location of the amphibious assault vehicle that sunk off the coast of San Clemente Island on July 30. The U.S. Navy’s Undersea Rescue