The Medium Landing Ship would be just 200 to 400 feet long with a loading ramp, a helicopter pad, a few light guns for self-defence and space for 70 crew, a platoon of 50 Marines as well as 650 ...

The Marine Corps seeks to purchase eight new ships over the next five years, in the current budget proposal, to move littoral regiments around islands in the Pacific as it aims to counter the ...

The following post has been updated to correct the units embarked aboard USS Comstock (LSD-45). White, the 11th Marine ...

They can send 1,700 Marines ashore. A complete Marine Expeditionary Unit normally travels in one big-deck assault ship, a landing platform and a landing dock for cargo. An MEU is basically a ...

After both aircraft received onboard warning indicators on Tuesday, an MV-2B Osprey and an F-35B Lightning II separately ...

A 7-ton truck carrying supplies followed close behind. The Marines arrived from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore, Puczko said. The air-cushioned landing craft and the amphibious ...