To cool the war over amphibs, the Navy and Marines need a clearer justification
Congress should not shoot the messenger, but help the Navy and Marine Corps explain why 31 amphibs is the right number, CSIS’s Mark Cancian argues in this op-ed.
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First CH-53K test helicopter makes final flight
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Marine Corps have retired the first CH-53K test helicopter after more than 753 flight hours. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) tweeted that the first CH-53K to achieve flight almost 8 years ago performed its last fligh…
US Marines set to receive new ultra light tactical vehicle
The U.S. Marine Corps announced on Wednesday that the service’s Systems Command has begun fielding the new Ultra Light Tactical Vehicle, or ULTV, reaching initial operational capability and marking a significant milestone in the Corps’ Force Desi…
US Marine Corps receive first C-40A aircraft
The U.S. Marine Corps received the first of two C-40A medium-lift aircraft. The USN’s Tactical Airlift Program Office (PMA-207) has delivered the first logistics aircraft to Marine Transport Squadron (VMR) 1, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 41, in Fo…
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US Marine Corps receives two new CH-53K helicopters
The U.S. Marine Corps has received two new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters. The aircraft is manufactured by Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and was delivered to the Marine Corps in the final quarter of 2022. “Sikorsky’s employees are u…
US Marine Corps sends 1300 Marines to Europe
The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the deployment of 1300 Marines for months-long training during Marine Rotational Force-Europe. The Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa said in a release that Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), Cam…
US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35
The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting an F-35 Lightning II for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. A CH-53K King Stallion with Marine Operational T…
US Marines conduct HIMARS rapid infiltration exercise
The U.S. Marine Corps has conducted a multi-service High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration exercise. According to a press release from 2nd Marine Division, Marines conducted a dry fire with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, b…