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The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment has grown in size since last year, and its subordinate units are fully redesignated.

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of March 28, 2022, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle […]

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The three ships that make up the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group pulled into their respective homeports the last few days, ending a deployment that supported the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) reached Naval Station Mayport, Fla., on Monday, while USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) arrived at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va., […]

By   Paul McLeary on May 06, 2021 at 5:27 PM An illustration of Spatial Integrated Systems’ work. The company has been acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries WASHINGTON: As the Navy takes its first cautious steps toward building a promised fleet of hundreds of unmanned ships, the nation’s largest shipbuilder is making big investments to ensure it’s a major player in constructing that fleet. The Virginia-based Huntington Ingalls Industries has spent decades building the nation’s ai...

Tweet A computer simulation shows a Russian nuclear-powered underwater drone being released by a submarine. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP) One of the shortcomings of maps showing the potential area of naval confrontation between China on the one hand and the US, Japan and Australia on the other is they commonly depict the surface of the sea. But underneath the waves lies an unseen world of communications cables through which the information economy flows and to which conflict will natural...

By   Paul McLeary on January 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM USS Zumwalt sails with an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship WASHINGTON: The Navy plans to install hypersonic missiles on its troublesome Zumwalt destroyers, after Congress gave them the green light to start studying the move in the 2021 budget. Multiple Navy officials said this week they’re diving into the effort, even though the USS Zumwalt, the first of the three-ship class, has yet to deploy despite being christened in 2016. The tim...