The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the first amphibious assault ship specifically designed as a helicopter carrier, capable of ...

The evolution of technology over time is a formula that keeps compounding and increasing the capability of belligerents in ...

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

From the moment he heard about Pearl Harbor at 15 years old, Jim Sivelle said he knew he would join the service and “go fight.” ...

More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...

The daughter of a World War II veteran installed a field of flags in an Ogden park as a Veterans Day tribute to the 181 Weber ...

Veterans attended a Veterans Day ceremony and luncheon at St. John’s University, hosted in the college’s D’Angelo Center ...

By the President of the United States of America A For two and a half centuries, the United States Marine Corps has stood as a living force ...

Over the years they have received many monikers, some more irreverent than others: Soldiers of the sea. Teufelhund. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children. Leatherneck. Jarhead. Crayon eaters. But at the end ...

The Marine Corps is celebrating its 250th birthday with a major event in its birthplace amid a wave of festivities happening ...