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...
USS Boxer Water Incident Prompts House Lawmakers to Call for Navy Accountability While on a deployment in 2016, sailors in the USS Boxer's engineering department were ordered to dump fuel into the ocean by...
USS Tripoli, After Issue with Water Filtration, Cleared to Go to Sea A spokesman said that not all of the ship's filtration units are back online, but noted that the Tripoli will be entering a...
Navy to Name Amphibious Assault Ship After Battle of Fallujah, Among the Deadliest of the Iraq War The commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger, said that the battle "is, and will remain, imprinted in the minds of...
How Marines Took an Airfield in the Philippines in a Show Against China On April 30, three combined littoral reconnaissance teams made up of roughly 30 U.S. and Philippine Marines each, flown by...
Army Eliminates Online Training Requirement for Noncommissioned Officers, Saying It's Too Burdensome The Army has eliminated a significant part of its online training for enlisted troops -- a learning program that has drawn...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Air Force Pilot Who Died After Aircraft Ejection Seat Misfire Identified by the Service Capt. John Robertson, an instructor pilot from the 80th Operations Support Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, was injured...
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...