Navy Matters

With the demise of informative DOT&E annual reports, we are left having to scratch around for breadcrumbs of information about the state...

MEUs (Marine Expeditionary Units) currently deploy without tanks, artillery, or heavy mortars.   Thus, they are no different than light, air...

The Navy has designated the LPD-17 as the basis for the LX(R) (now designated LPD-17 Flt II) which is intended to replace the LSD-41/49 clas...

The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) just left for a deployment to the Western Pacific and M...

There’s an article on the USNI News website trumpeting the flexibility and capability of the Navy/Marine Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and M...

I’ve been waiting for this one for a while, now, and it’s finally happened.  The Marines are deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) wi...