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The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) concluded the ...
U.S. Marines from the 22nd MEU (SOC) and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) are participating in joint exercises in the ...
USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is currently homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. May 30, 2019. US Navy Photo. A month after a fire in a hazardous material space injured 11 sailors, amphibious assault ...
RED SEA -- Since the USS Iwo Jima left Naval Station Mayport, it didn't take long for the ship, and the hundreds of local sailors on board to get to work. Right now, the ship is off the coast of ...
From USS Iwo Jima Public Affairs The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) held a change of command at sea in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 19. At the ceremony, Capt. Joseph R. O'Brien, of Man… ...
USS Iwo Jima is named for the battle of Iwo Jima fought in 1945, in which three divisions of U.S. Marines took control of a tiny island from more than 20,000 enemy defenders.
The USS Iwo Jima dedicated their newly refurbished gym to Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee on Aug. 26, 2024. Facebook photo courtesy of Mallory Harris.
Thousands of sailors and Marines from the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit headed out to sea Wednesday.
USS Iwo Jima sailors have been hit hard by the deaths of 10 shipmates in a boiler room accident, but both the crew in Bahrain and families in Norfolk are pulling together to soothe the wounds, Navy… ...
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (May 12, 2018) — Damage Controlman 2nd Class Ross Fergerson, from Tucson, Ariz., stands watch as the Damage Control Central Watch Supervisor in damage ...
USS IWO JIMA, At Sea (NNS) -- The crew of amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) marked the 11th anniversary of the ship's commissioning with a celebratory meal and cake-cutting, June 30.
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (Press Release) – Seaman Dylan Lotshaw, a native of Jasper, Tennessee, was named Warrior of the Week aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, Aug. 2. The Iwo ...