U.S. Marine Corps

Joint Russian, Chinese Flotilla Underway Off Japan; Recovery Operations Begin for Crashed Australian Helicopter

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A group of 10 Russian and Chinese warships patrolled near Japan and sailed through the La Perouse Strait from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk over the weekend, the Japan Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.

The Chinese-Russian flotilla was sighted at 3 p.m. Friday, sailing northeast in an area 125 miles southwest of Rebun Island, which lies 31 miles off the northern tip of the main island of Hokkaido, Japanese officials said in a Friday statement.

The People’s Liberation...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/31/joint-russian-chinese-flotilla-underway-off-japan-recovery-operations-begin-for-crashed-australian-helicopter

First Crews Graduate from New, Tougher ACV Training; Marines Still Working on Surf Operations

A U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle operated by Marines with the ACV Transition Training Unit drives up the beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 21, 2023.US Marine Corps Photo

This week’s graduation of 29 Marines re-certified to operate the Marine Corps’ Assault Combat Vehicle marks the latest step in building a force of trained ACV operators and maintainers that will help transition the rest of the community to a new, tougher standard, officials said Friday.

The M...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/29/first-crews-graduate-from-new-tougher-acv-training-marines-still-working-on-surf-operations

Senate Passes NDAA Authorizing Navy to Buy 10 New Ships

U.S. Capitol on Dec. 29, 2022. USNI News Photo

The Senate passed the annual defense policy bill in an 86 to 11 vote in the upper chamber on Thursday, authorizing the Navy to buy a total of 10 battleforce ships in the next fiscal year.

The Fiscal Year 2024 legislation authorizes the service to purchase one Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine, two Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, two Virginia-class attack boats, two Constellation-class frigates, one San Antonio-class LPD-17 Flight...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/28/senate-passes-ndaa-authorizing-10-new-ships

SECNAV Del Toro Names Next ESB After MoH Recipient Hector Cafferata Jr.

Future USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) at its christening ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO on June 25, 2022. GD NASSCO Photo

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named a future Expeditionary Sea Base after Marine Corps veteran PFC Hector Cafferata Jr., who served during the Korean War and fought a one-man campaign against North Korean forces at Chosin Reservoir.

Del Toro announced the expeditionary sea base’s name during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps Thursday, which marked...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/27/secnav-del-toro-names-next-esb-after-moh-recipiant-hector-cafferata-jr

White House Nominates Next Marine Assistant Commandant, Air Force Chief of Staff

Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney. US Marine Corps photo

The White House is set to nominate Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney as the next assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, according to a Senate notification

Although the Biden administration has not officially announced Mahoney, the Senate Armed Services Committee received the nomination for Mahoney as ACMC as well as for the promotion to general, according to Congress’s website. SASC received the nomination on Tuesday.

Mahoney will replace current...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/26/white-house-nominates-next-marine-assistant-commandant-air-force-chief-of-staff

White House Nominates Next Marine Assistant Commandant, Air Force Chief of Staff

Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney. US Marine Corps photo

The White House is set to nominate Lt. Gen. Christopher Mahoney as the next assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, according to a Senate notification

Although the Biden administration has not officially announced Mahoney, the Senate Armed Services Committee received the nomination for Mahoney as ACMC as well as for the promotion to general, according to Congress’s website. SASC received the nomination on Tuesday.

Mahoney will replace current...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/26/white-house-nominates-next-marine-assistant-commandant-air-force-chief-of-staff

Marines Activate First Tomahawk Battery

Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Manwarren, the senior enlisted advisor and field artillery chief for Long Range Missile Battery A, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, salutes the colors during the battery’s activation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., US Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps stood up its first-ever Tomahawk cruise missile battery at Camp Pendleton, Calif., last week.

Alpha Battery, which falls under the 11th Marine Regiment, is the first of three...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/25/marines-activate-first-tomahawk-battery

25,000 Sailors, Marines to Prepare for Global Conflict in Large Scale Exercise 2023

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Jeffery Barton, from San Diego, updates a status in the combat information center (CIC) onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG-64) on June 30, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy and Marines are taking a second crack at an exercise that will simulate a massive global conflict and connect the actions from a single sailor at a radar console up through the decisions made by the Secretary of Defense, service officials announced on Monday.

Larg...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/24/25000-sailors-marines-to-prepare-for-global-conflict-in-large-scale-exercise-2023

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 24, 2023

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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 July 24, 2023, 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 Force DeployedUnderway
299
(USS 240, USNS 59)		101
(USS 68, USNS 33)		85
(52 Deployed, 33 Local)

Ships Deployed by Fleet

2nd Fleet3rd Fleet4...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/24/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-july-24-2023

U.S. Sending Marines, More Warships to Middle East Over Iranian Threats

USS Bataan (LHD-5) and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) form a strait transit formation behind the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during Composite Training Unit Exercise (C2X), Atlantic Ocean, May 21, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

The U.S. is sending two amphibious warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East to bolster regional security after Iranian forces threatened commerce in and out of the Persian Gulf, the...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/20/u-s-sending-marines-more-warships-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats

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