Marines going into combat in Afghanistan in 2010 are so far removed, in terms of personal gear, from those who entered that conflict a decade earlier as to be almost …
In Operation Galvanic on Nov. 20, 1944, almost ten thousand Marines journeyed to the Gilbert chain of the central Pacific to invade an island that was 2.5 miles long, 600 …
“Never get between a Marine and his robot,” a Marine commander in Iraq reportedly said when informed his unit’s remote-controlled bomb detectors and reconnaissance robots were being transferred to the …
USS America (LHA 6) is the latest large-deck amphibious ship, the first of a four-ship class. Together with the eight LHDs (the last of which is Makin Island), her class …
Gen. James T. Conway, as the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, has navigated the Corps through a period of significant change and growth. From the creation and deployment of …
It might appear a bit odd today, but the dark blue “flat hat” of the past still evokes fond memories among sailors and is very much a part of U. …
For almost seventy years, the pre-eminent symbol of a nation’s sea power has been the aircraft carrier. Today nine nations are members of the aircraft carrier fraternity (with China presumably …
As Gen. James F. Amos prepares to become commandant of the Marine Corps, some in Washington say the survival of the Marines will be at stake during Amos’ tenure.
Retired …
In the summer of 1943, the Combined Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Great Britain had reached a strategic impasse. To break it, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British …
At the cutting edge of today’s naval aviation striking power, the newest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) is a modern marvel of technology, prowess …
