New satellite imagery shows several U.S. Navy ships moving through the Caribbean, including the USS Iwo Jima positioned south of Puerto Rico, roughly 800 kilometers from Venezuela’s coast. Meanwhile, ...

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 ...

U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the Caribbean Sea, with 4,000 sailors and “dozens” of military aircraft aboard the lead ...

The world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group had made its way into the ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo has been on stamps and posters, and was the inspiration for the Marine Corps War Memorial statue in Arlington, Va. Inside Jim Blane’s apartment in Denver, a print of ...

The United States has intensified its naval presence in the Caribbean, with satellite imagery confirming the deployment of the USS Iwo Jima and USS Gravely, now stationed within striking distance of ...

Key Points and Summary - The eight-ship Wasp-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) succeeded Tarawa as the Navy–Marine Corps sea base for amphibious assault, crisis response, and disaster relief. -At 40 ...

Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in Virginia for a reunion, of sorts, with the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put on his best tough-guy face as he met with sailors and Marines off the coast of Puerto Rico. In a video shared on X, Hegseth delivered a chest-thumping message aboard ...

The U.S. military is strengthening its Navy presence near Venezuela, as President Donald Trump seeks to stop the flow of drug trafficking from the Latin American country. U.S. naval and air assets ...

In a potential war with either Nicolas Maduro’s military and/or Venezuela’s massive, powerful drug cartels, the USS Iwo Jima would be instrumental in multi-phased operations. Amid escalating tensions ...

A Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion attached to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) conducts a 27,000 lbs. light armored vehicle (LAV-25) drop during testing and evaluation ...