Navy, Marines Push Plans To Transform How They Fight breakingdefense.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from breakingdefense.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Paul McLeary on April 01, 2021 at 10:15 AM
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger at Twentynine Palms.
WASHINGTON: An ambitious new Marine Corps planning document outlines historic changes in how the service plans to equip, organize, and train over the next decade to meet the challenges of Chinese and Russian competition, ushering in changes not seen since the 1920s.
The unreleased 180-page document is meant as a first iteration of an effort to create a series of small, agile units tasked with air defense, anti-ship and submarine warfare, and seizing, holding and resupplying small temporary bases as part of an island-hopping campaign in the Pacific.
US Navy USS Gabrielle Giffords LCS 10 successfully launches NSM Naval Strike Missile navyrecognition.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from navyrecognition.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
USS Wichita conducts first PASSEX on maiden deployment with Dominican Republic USS Wichita conducts first PASSEX on maiden deployment with Dominican Republic Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:52
According to a tweet published U.S. Navy, the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) executed a passing exercise (PASSEX) with naval counter parts from the Dominican Republic, March while operating in the Caribbean Sea.
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The PASSEX provided an opportunity for both navies to improve interoperability and demonstrate their ability to communicate, navigate, and operate together at sea.
Throughout the exercise, the forces were able to practice a series of tactical shipboard movements and formations, as well as test command and control and communication capabilities. PASSEXs afford the opportunity for partner nations to develop a greater trust, understanding and respect for each other’s unique platforms all while improving crews knowled
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