President Donald Trump is nominating Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to take over as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East ...

The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System — NMESIS — made its Philippines debut in April and is operating in the ...

Marines training to go on the second deployment of Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) told Janes the new equipment drives and ...

MANILA, PHILIPPINES—U.S. Marine Corps and Army missile systems will deploy to strategic Philippine Island chains between ...

The United States has deployed its Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) in the Philippines for this year’s Balikatan joint military exercises, the Armed Forces of the ...

The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System ... It plays a role in the Corps’ Force Design strategy, which calls for small units of Marines positioned on island choke points to ...

They also are the only ships made for the Marine Corps’ rapid reaction forces, known as Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), to get equipment and troops from sea to shore during an assault.

"Without these ships, Marine stand-in forces and Marine Expeditionary Units will lack sea-based transportation, basing, and support capabilities during a strategically vital period for training ...

The crew of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), along ... is based at Camp Pendleton and is part of I Marine Expeditionary Force. As a premiere global crisis response force ...

due to delays in the amphibious ships, there will be times when Marine expeditionary units may not be deployed consecutively, damaging the Corps' reputation as a "911" force. "Our identity is ...

Because these Marines didn’t have the full Marine expeditionary unit capability onboard a full three-ship amphibious ready ... Corps to have a deterrent force at sea ahead of Taiwan’s Jan ...