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

World military news today (January 26) includes: the US deploying the ACV-P amphibious assault vehicle/troop carrier from the ...

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship LHD-8 USS Makin Island — the first U.S. Navy ship to deploy using a hybrid-electric propulsion system — completed a nine-day scheduled sea trial earlier this ...

With the recent first deployment of the USS Makin Island LHD-8 amphibious assault ship, the U.S. Navy is right on course for the development and employment of one of its most desired technologies: ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) departed Hong Kong April 11, following a scheduled port visit. The four-day visit allowed nearly 2,500 Sailors and Marines assigned to the ship and ...

CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (Dec. 12, 2011) Marines serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) prepare to depart the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) to begin a ...

Seaman Tyler Campbell, from Castlewood, Va., directs an aircraft in the Indian Ocean during flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island, the flagship of ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, pay a visit to 'USS Makin Island' (LHD 8). Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met recently with several ...