U.S. Marine Corps

Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln’s Latest Upgrade Dials Up Crew Comfort

Updated library aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on July 8, 2024. USNI News Photo

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. – When the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) pulls away from its California berth for its upcoming deployment, the crew will embark with some homey creature comforts.

Comforts like cushy club chairs by an electric fireplace, reliable WIFI, a gaming room, a stadium-seating movie theater. There are also phones, a pair of teal-blue rotary dial phones plain old...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/11/carrier-uss-abraham-lincolns-latest-upgrade-dials-up-crew-comfort

Marines Experiment with Next-Generation Logistics During ‘Valiant Shield’ 

Sgt. Colby Pedersen, an air traffic controller with the Marine Air Control Squadron 1 Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team (MMT), Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, controls an F-22 Raptor with the U.S. Air Force 27th Fighter Squadron, as it conducts a low approach onto Runway 09 at Palau International Airport, Arai, Palau, June 12, 2024. Marine Corps Photo

How to meet the logistics needs of Marines and sailors in an Indo-Pacific conflict is a major question in how the U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/10/marines-experiment-with-next-generation-logistics-during-valiant-shield

GAO Report on Pentagon Transition to PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam

The following is the July 8, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, FIREFIGHTING FOAM: DOD Is Working to Address Challenges to Transitioning to PFAS-Free Alternatives.

From the report

What GAO Found

The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to eliminate use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)—a product used to fight flammable liquid fires—at its installations. AFFF contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which may have adverse effects on human health, including effects...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/10/gao-report-on-pentagon-transition-to-pfas-free-firefighting-foam

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 8, 2024

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 July 8, 2024, 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.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 235, USNS 61)		106
(USS 73, USNS 33)		66
(53 Deployed, 13 Local)

In Japan

Sailors assigned to the...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/08/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-8-2024

USS Boxer Repairs Complete, Marines Preparing to Return on Deployment

USS Boxer (LHD-4) departing Naval Station San Diego, Calif., on July 3, 2024. San Diego Web Cam Image

Rudder repairs to USS Boxer (LHD-4) are complete and the crew has left to test the fixes at sea, Navy officials have told USNI News. Meanwhile, the Marines are preparing to return to sea to continue a deployment that was interrupted by the damaged ship.
In a statement earlier this week provided to USNI News, Naval Surface Force said that the pier-side tests have been completed and Boxer was...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/05/uss-boxer-repairs-complete-marines-preparing-to-return-on-deployment

Marines Want to Shut Down Sea Lines of Communication in a Pacific Fight, CMC Smith Says

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith, the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 10, 2024. During his visit, Smith engaged with Marines from across 2d Marine Regiment and Camp Lejeune to discuss force design, quality of life as well as recognize some top-performing Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Noelia Vazquez)

A key Marine Corps role is to “serve as the inside force” in...

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/03/marines-want-to-shut-down-sea-lines-of-communication-in-a-pacific-fight-cmc-smith-says

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 1, 2024

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 July 1, 2024, 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.

Ships Underway

Total Battle ForceDeployedUnderway
296
(USS 235, USNS 61)		106
(USS 73, USNS 33)		62
(45 Deployed, 17 Local)

In Japan

The official party salute as the...

Japan Will Deploy Mobile Radar Site in the Philippine Sea, U.S. Marines Test Attack Helicopter in Anti-Surface Role

JTPS-P25 Anti-air Rader,Air Defence Training unit in 2013. Japanese MoD Photo

The Japan Self Defense Force has stationed a mobile radar system on Kita Daito Island in the Philippine Sea to expand Japan’s capabilities in the area. Meanwhile, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit held a live fire exercise on Wednesday and the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet wrapped up joint drills with the joint command of troops and forces in the north-east of the Russian Federation on Friday.

In a Friday press...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/30/japan-will-deploy-mobile-radar-site-in-the-philippine-sea-u-s-marines-test-attack-helicopter-in-anti-surface-role

Report to Congress on U.S., South Korea Relations

The following is the June 25, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, South Korea: Background and U.S. Relations.

From the report

Overview
South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea, or ROK) is one of the United States’ most important strategic and economic partners in Asia. The U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty, signed in 1953 at the end of the Korean War, commits the United States to help South Korea defend itself, particularly from North Korea (officially the Democratic People’s...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/28/report-to-congress-on-u-s-south-korea-relations

Carrier USS Carl Vinson, International Warships Arrive in Hawaii for RIMPAC 2024

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 on June 25. US Navy Photo

The United States Navy and 28 partner nations will begin the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise on Thursday around the Hawaiian Islands with 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel taking part in the drills that will end on...

https://news.usni.org/2024/06/26/carrier-uss-carl-vinson-international-warships-arrive-in-hawaii-for-rimpac-2024

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