Release from U.S. Marine Corps ******* FORT MEADE, Md. — The U.S. States Marine Corps continues operationalizing the Marine Corps’ seventh warfighting function, information, by activating a service retained, two-star command poised to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate capabilities across the…
Muslim Civil Rights Group Protests Name ‘Fallujah’ for U.S. Navy Ship
ARLINGTON, Va. — A Muslim civil rights group is protesting the U.S. Navy’s selection of the name “Fallujah” as the name of a future amphibious assault ship. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), self-described as the nation’s largest Muslim civil…
SECNAV Names Future America-class Amphibious Assault Ship Fallujah
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced Dec. 13 that a future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Fallujah (LHA 9). The future USS Fallujah will commemorate the First and Second Battles of Fallujah,…
HII Hosts Marine Corps Commandant at Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division hosted Gen. David H. Berger, the 38th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, on Dec. 12, the company said in a release. Berger met with Ingalls leadership and toured the shipyard, including two…
Textron Systems Delivers Its Cottonmouth Purpose-Built Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle to Marine Corps
HUNT VALLEY, Md. — Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced Dec. 8 the delivery of Cottonmouth, a vehicle purpose-built for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program. The hand-off of the prototype vehicle occurred Dec. 1,…
SECDEF Announces Marine Corps General Officer Nominations
ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced on Dec. 6 that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Marcus B. Annibale for appointment to the grade of major general. Annibale is currently serving…
Marine Corps General: Strategic Overseas Bases Critical to Deterring Adversaries
WASHINGTON — The commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory and Futures Directorate says overseas bases are an underestimated key to deterring competitors from aggression and coercion against friendly nations and allies in the Pacific region. The value…
Marine Corps Adds Cherry Point Squadron to F-35B Operators
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corp is converting another AV-8B Harrier II attack squadron to F-35B Lightning II strike fighters, the first F-3B fleet squadron to be based on the East Coast. Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542) — the Tigers…
II MEF Marines Deploy On Board USNS Trenton in the Mediterranean Sea
KOPER, Slovenia — Approximately 50 U.S. Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked on Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa (MSCEURAF)/Commander Task Force 63 (CTF-63) expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Trenton…
Bell Delivers Marine Corps’ Final AH-1Z Helicopter
AMARILLO, Texas — In a ceremony at the Amarillo Assembly Center, Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, celebrated the delivery of the 189th AH-1Z Viper to the U.S. Marine Corps, completing the Program of Record (POR) for the latest…
