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Amphibious Warship ‘Strategic Pause’ Ongoing Despite Small Business Solicitation

8 August 2023

Amphibious warship Richard M. McCool, Jr., (LPD-29) on Aug. 4, 2022. USNI News Photo

Construction of new U.S. amphibious warships is still on pause despite a small business solicitation indicating the Navy was preparing to enter a multi-year deal for San Antonio-class ships, USNI News has learned.

Last week, contract portal SAM.gov posted a long lead contract that indicated the Navy was moving ahead with a multi-year contract with HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding to build three Flight II San Antonios.

“T...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/07/amphibious-warship-strategic-pause-ongoing-despite-small-business-solicitation

Largest Ever Talisman Sabre Exercise Wraps in Australia

4 August 2023

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct inland ground missions at Stanage Bay, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 2, 2023. US Army Photo

The largest iteration of Exercise Talisman Sabre, with more than 33,000 troops from 13 countries, concluded on Friday .

As part of the exercise, the U.S. Army established a Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS) facility in Australia for the first time. This floating pier permitted equipment to be unloaded onto a beach in...

ACMC Smith to Marine Corps: Discipline, Standards to Remain as Confirmation Delays Continue

4 August 2023

Gen. Eric Smith, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, delivers remarks during the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, change of command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 1, 2023. US Marine Corps Photo

Gen. Eric Smith’s message to the Marine Corps is it’s business as usual until further notice.

Smith, who is both the acting commandant and the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, released guidance meant to hold the force over until the Senate confirms Smith as...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/03/acmc-smith-to-marine-corps-discipline-standards-to-remain-as-confirmation-delays-continue

13th MEU Pacific Deployment Expanded Marine F-35 Operations, Tested Contested Logistics, Says CO

1 August 2023

MV-22B Ospreys, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, prepare to take off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA-6) during forward arming and refueling ship (FARS) operations while sailing in the East China Sea, Mar. 16, 2023. US Navy Photo

The 13th MEU employed its SIMRAD radar system, a small, mobile sensor, throughout the...

https://news.usni.org/2023/08/01/13th-meu-pacific-deployment-expanded-marine-f-35-operations-tested-contested-logistics-says-co

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

31 July 2023

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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

29 July 2023

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

28 July 2023

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.

28 July 2023

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

26 July 2023

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