'We Learned a Lot': Marines, Sailors Reflect on Deployments Chock-Full of Equipment Challenges Leaders involved in the 2023-2024 deployments of the Wasp and Boxer Amphibious Ready Groups, or ARGs, described the...
Dire State of Navy Amphibious Fleet Has Cost Marines Decades of Lost Training, Deployment Time A scathing and detailed new watchdog report has found the condition of the Navy's amphibious ship fleet -- the fleet Marines...
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking at Least Third Navy Mechanical Issue This Year One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port...
Lawmakers Blast 'Inadequate' Shipbuilding Budget, 30-Year Plan Lawmakers criticized the plan as inadequate for a Navy that needs more grey hulls today to meet global requirements.
After Months of Delay, USS Boxer Finally Leaves San Diego and Sets Sail on Deployment The USS Boxer, the heart of the next Marine-carrying task force, has finally deployed from San Diego after months of delays...
At Least 3 Engineering Incidents and Poor Leadership Kept USS Boxer from Deploying, Investigations Reveal Throughout last year, Navy officials refused to acknowledge the possibility of deeper problems on the ship, often citing the...
Marines Can't Count on Navy Ships to Carry Them to Global Emergencies, One of the Service's Top Generals Says The readiness issue comes down to several factors, including overuse of amphibious ships during the last 20-plus years of war...
The Navy Warship Forged with Steel from the World Trade Center Returns to New York for Veterans Day The Navy calls this latest USS New York "an instrument of freedom and peace," and its job is to deliver Marines and their...
Navy Denies Problem After USS Boxer Belches Smoke Plume as It Deploys from San Diego The Navy denied any issue with the amphibious assault ship, but video posted online by San Diego Web Cam, a social media...
After 2-Year Overhaul, Navy Confirms USS Boxer Can't Get Underway The USS Boxer, one of the Navy's amphibious warships, is struggling to get to sea despite recently coming out of a...
Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General In a historic and unprecedented move, the Trump administration on Friday night fired the Joint Chiefs chairman, the Navy's...
Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Trump Purge Begins The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8%...
VA Crisis Line Employees Among Those Fired Amid Federal Workforce Purge Of the 1,000 employees fired last week from the Department of Veterans Affairs, some were employees who had worked for the...
What's in Store for VA Disability Benefits with New Office of Management and Budget Chief? New OMB Director Russell Vought has contributed to two conservative playbooks that advocate for the revamping of veterans'...
Fort Moore Was Named After My Parents. A Letter Mom Wrote Shows Why It Shouldn’t Go Back to Benning My Dad was a commander in the Vietnam War. My Mom changed how the military cares for widows.