Royal Navy’s MARS Tankers Will Be Built in South Korea
The U.K. Ministry of Defense has announced the order of four 37,000-ton tankers to support the Royal Navy. The Military …
Naval Forces
SWCC, SEALs, and SOC-Rs
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) and SEALs carry out a hot extraction aboard Special Operations Craft-Riverine during training exercises. The …
Military Security Issues of Social Media: Marine Corps
Today, most military commands and senior commanders have their own Facebook and Twitter accounts. And the services are issuing government …
Marine Corps Realigns and Transitions PEO Land Systems Portfolio
A number of changes within the portfolio of the Marine Corps’ first Program Executive Office over the past year have …
Former Shipfitter Syl Puccio Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
On Feb. 20, 2012, more than seventy years after the event, a Pearl Harbor veteran will be decorated for his …
Littoral Combat Ship to Be Named for Former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced Feb. 10, 2012, that a littoral combat ship will be named for former U.S. Representative …
First Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Begins Construction
The U.S. Navy recently laid the keel for the mobile landing platform (MLP), a new class of ship designed to …
Admirals Ernest J. King and Chester W. Nimitz
In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox decided that …
Super Hornet IRST On Course for 2016
Capt. Francis Morley, NAVAIR’s Program Manager for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler (PMA-265) says the Super Hornet IRST …
F-35 Lightning II in 2011
On Jan. 20, 2012, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta took the F-35B STOVL variant off the probation imposed by former …