WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the long-term future for the amphibious fleet is secured with a Navy commitment to 31 amphibious warships in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, the short-term problem of getting Marines to sea is less settled.
Maintenance issues with the Navy’s aging Wasp-class big-deck amphibious warships and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships have abbreviated Marine...
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Marines, Navy Crafting Long-Term Fixes for Amphibious Warship Shortages
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the long-term future for the amphibious fleet is secured with a Navy commitment to 31 amphibious warships in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, the short-term problem of getting Marines to sea is less settled.
Maintenance issues with the Navy’s aging Wasp-class big-deck amphibious warships and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships have abbreviated Marine...
Marine Corps IG Removed, ‘Counseled’ for Failures as 1st MARDIV CO Following Fatal AAV Sinking Investigation
Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi
The Marine Corps inspector general – who last month was suspended from the role as the service’s watchdog – won’t be returning to the job after Gen. David Berger last week formally “counseled” him for his “failure” to properly train and evaluate a platoon whose amphibious assault vehicle sank during a training exercise off southern California last summer.
Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi was in command of the 22,000-member 1st Marine Division when the 26-ton AAV sank July 30,...
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 24, 2021
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 24, 2021, 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 Force:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 55 | 27 | 82 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3rd... |
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 17, 2021
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 17, 2021, 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 Force:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 60 | 36 | 96 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3rd... |
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 10, 2021
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Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 57 | 19 | 76 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3rd Fleet | 4th Fleet | 5th Fleet | 6th Fleet | 7th Fleet | Total |
| 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 51 | 99 |
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Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Fangfang Wen, originally from China, left, and Retail Services Specialist 3rd Class Chloe Nichole Luz Rodriguez, originally from the Philippines, right, recite the Oath of Allegiance...
Marine Corps Suspends General Over Deadly AAV Accident, Lawmaker Wants Answers on Navy’s Role in Incident
Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi
The Marine Corps recently suspended a two-star general as it continues an investigation into last year’s fatal Amphibious Assault Vehicle accident that left eight Marines and one sailor dead.
During a hearing in front of the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee today, Marine Corps assistant commandant Lt. Gen. Gary Thomas told lawmakers that Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi, who recently became the service’s inspector general, had been suspended. Castellvi led the 1st...
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 3, 2021
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 3, 2021, 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 Force:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 53 | 18 | 71 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3rd Fleet | 4th Fleet | 5... |
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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 26, 2021
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 26, 2021, 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 Force:296Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 54 | 29 | 83 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3... |
https://news.usni.org/2021/04/26/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-april-26-2021
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 19, 2021
USNI News Graphic
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 19, 2021, 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 Force:297Ships Underway
| Deployed Ships Underway | Non-deployed Ships Underway | Total Ships Underway |
| 60 | 12 | 72 |
Ships Deployed by Fleet
| Fleet Forces | 3... |