The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of transporting large contingents of Marines, armored vehicles, and aircraft for ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout ...

Almost every week, Bill Rheingans signs his buddy Bob Jacobs out of his senior center in Waukesha. Every time, they find a ...

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a live-fire marksmanship range aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) at sea on February 17, ...

Naval movements in the Caribbean, including the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Iwo Jima, come amid rising tensions with Venezuela ...

But the ceremony to honor the Marine with the nation’s highest medal for valor was unique in more ways than one. At the age of just 14, the teen had forged his mother’s signature to join the Marine ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers diminish with each passing year, eight veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima ...

The morning of Feb. 19, 1945, dawned eerily quiet as Dale Faughn made his way toward the shores of the remote Japanese island of Iwo Jima. But in an instant, the 20-millimeter dual purpose guns buried ...

The USS Arizona was the flagship of Battleship Division One. She sank after her forward magazines exploded after being hit by ...

Bummed about the economy? Having a cow about domestic politics? Fretting about the world situation? Your fears are trivial.

Five miles (eight km) off Taiwan’s coast, ZTD-05 amphibious vehicles roll out of ships and zip over the water amid a hail of ...

A Monroe County father lost all three of his sons in World War II, two of them aboard the USS Arizona. Four other area men ...