13th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Chinese Warships, Russian Bombers Operate Near Japan
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People’s Liberation Army Navy ships transited through Japanese straits this week, while Russian bombers and fighters flew near Japan’s territorial airspace, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
On Monday at 8 p.m., a PLAN Dongdiao-class surveillance ship with the hull number 796 was sighted sailing southeast in an area 140 kilometers west of Kuchinoerabu Island, which lies 130 kilometers south of Kyushu, according to Wednesday news release issued by the Joint Staff Office of...
https://news.usni.org/2022/12/15/chinese-warships-russian-bombers-operate-near-japan
Makin Island ARG, Marines Drill with Indonesian Forces in the Java Sea
Indonesian Navy Rear Adm. Rachmad Jayadi deputy commander, Indonesian Navy Education and Training Doctrine Development Command, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, walk down the center aisle to being the opening ceremony for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2022, Dec. 7. US Navy Photo
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is now operating in the Java Sea with Indonesian forces for the next two weeks...
USS Tripoli Returns to San Diego After Seven-Month Maiden Deployment
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) coming into San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 29, 2022. Photo via San Diego Web Cam used with permission
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) returned home on Tuesday following a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, according to ship spotters.
The image shows the America-class amphib pulling into its homeport of Naval Base San Diego, Calif., Tuesday morning local time.
The ship quietly left for its maiden deployment in May and spent the first few months testing out the...
USS Tripoli Nearing San Diego After Almost 7 Months at Sea, Makin Island Now in U.S. 7th Fleet
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) pulls into Sydney harbor on Nov. 4, 2022. Royal Australian Navy Photo
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) has entered U.S. 3rd Fleet and is preparing to return to its homeport in San Diego after a nearly seven-month deployment, according to the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker.
As of Monday, the amphibious warship has been deployed for 210 days since leaving San Diego on May 2nd.
Tripoli’s independent deployment was in part to test the F-35B “Lighting Carrier” concept that would load up to...
USS Tripoli Nearing San Diego After Almost 7 Months at Sea, Makin Island Now in U.S. 7th Fleet
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) pulls into Sydney harbor on Nov. 4, 2022. Royal Australian Navy Photo
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) has entered U.S. 3rd Fleet and is preparing to return to its homeport in San Diego after a nearly seven-month deployment, according to the USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker.
As of Monday, the amphibious warship has been deployed for 210 days since leaving San Diego on May 2nd.
Tripoli’s independent deployment was in part to test the F-35B “Lighting Carrier” concept that would load up to...
Sailors Get Experience with Marine MV-22s Before Operating First Navy Ospreys
A CMV-22B Osprey, attached to the Blackjack of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two One (HX-21), flies near the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD-21) on July 18, 2020. US Navy Photo
An overseas deployment with Marines is giving some of the Navy’s first crews that will operate its new cargo-delivery fleet of CMV-22B Osprey aircraft hands-on experience with tiltrotor technology and operations.
Ten aircraft maintainers and one naval aviator from Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron...
Top Stories 2019: Marine Corps Operations
A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, participates in a tactical vehicle driving course in Kuwait on Dec. 21, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo
This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.
The Marine Corps put into practice the concepts it has been writing and wargaming in recent years, showing what its Expeditionary Advance Base...
https://news.usni.org/2020/01/01/top-stories-2019-marine-corps-operations
F-35B Allowed Essex ARG to Flex New Blue-Water Capabilities in Absence of Carrier Nearby
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) transits the Gulf of Aden during a vertical replenishment while on a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). US Navy Photo
ARLINGTON, Virginia – The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter is not only changing the way Marine forces conduct their missions, it is also changing the way the amphibious navy can do its work in the absence of an aircraft carrier, leaders from the 13th Marine...
13th MEU, Essex ARG Return Home, Ending First F-35B Combat Deployment
An F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), moves into position to land aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Jan. 9, 2019. US Marine Corps photo.
Marines and sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit flowed off their ships and back home on Thursday, ending an eight-month deployment that included the first-ever combat strikes by the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter.
Am...
https://news.usni.org/2019/02/28/13th-meu-essex-arg-return-home-ending-first-f-35b-combat-deployment