DefenceTalkThe Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the Navy’s newest America-class amphibious assault ship, from Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-Ingalls Shipbuilding Division Feb. 28. Amphibious assault ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the amphibious ready group or expeditionary strike group. These ships transport elements of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-tripoli-74527/

DefenceTalkAfter an extensive operational period with a variety of operations and exercises, two of the three ships of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), departed the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) to the 7th Fleet, Jan. 9, 2015. The amphibious assault ship USS Makin […]https://www.defencetalk.com/amphibious-squadron-five11th-meu-transits-from-u-s-5th-fleet-to-us-7th-fleet-61817/