This is fascinating news for both China-watchers and island-hopping Marine Corps strategists ... a long-grounded World War II-era tank landing ship, or LST. There’s a good chance the HOS ...

The Medium Landing Ship would be just 200 to 400 feet long with a loading ramp, a helicopter pad, a few light guns for ...

The Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will honor a fallen Marine, while two surveillance ships pay tribute to deep ...

Del Toro dubbed the Medium Landing Ship the McClung class, with USS McClung (LSM-1) as the lead ship. The vessel is named after Marine Corps Maj. Megan McClung, a public affairs officer who was ...

The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition to movement by landing craft. Three LHAs -- which have extensive ...

B Lighting II pilot details efforts to develop a formal landing signal officer (LSO) school to help service members land the ...

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The Navy says it will name a landing ship after the late Maj. Megan McClung, the first woman U.S. Marine to be killed during the Iraq War in 2006. McClung, who trained at Camp Pendleton ...

South Korea's Navy and Marine Corps will participate in an annual multinational exercise set to kick off in Thailand later ...

Vladimir Putin is poised to move thousands of tons of military equipment through the English Channel on its way to Russia. A ...