'We Learned a Lot': Marines, Sailors Reflect on Deployments Chock-Full of Equipment Challenges Leaders involved in the 2023-2024 deployments of the Wasp and Boxer Amphibious Ready Groups, or ARGs, described the...
Dire State of Navy Amphibious Fleet Has Cost Marines Decades of Lost Training, Deployment Time A scathing and detailed new watchdog report has found the condition of the Navy's amphibious ship fleet -- the fleet Marines...
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking at Least Third Navy Mechanical Issue This Year One of the Navy's amphibious warships suffered a major mechanical failure earlier this week that forced it to return to port...
Lawmakers Blast 'Inadequate' Shipbuilding Budget, 30-Year Plan Lawmakers criticized the plan as inadequate for a Navy that needs more grey hulls today to meet global requirements.
After Months of Delay, USS Boxer Finally Leaves San Diego and Sets Sail on Deployment The USS Boxer, the heart of the next Marine-carrying task force, has finally deployed from San Diego after months of delays...
At Least 3 Engineering Incidents and Poor Leadership Kept USS Boxer from Deploying, Investigations Reveal Throughout last year, Navy officials refused to acknowledge the possibility of deeper problems on the ship, often citing the...
Marines Can't Count on Navy Ships to Carry Them to Global Emergencies, One of the Service's Top Generals Says The readiness issue comes down to several factors, including overuse of amphibious ships during the last 20-plus years of war...
The Navy Warship Forged with Steel from the World Trade Center Returns to New York for Veterans Day The Navy calls this latest USS New York "an instrument of freedom and peace," and its job is to deliver Marines and their...
Navy Denies Problem After USS Boxer Belches Smoke Plume as It Deploys from San Diego The Navy denied any issue with the amphibious assault ship, but video posted online by San Diego Web Cam, a social media...
After 2-Year Overhaul, Navy Confirms USS Boxer Can't Get Underway The USS Boxer, one of the Navy's amphibious warships, is struggling to get to sea despite recently coming out of a...
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment The Army's elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
Hegseth, Top Officials Violated 'Basic Operational Security' with Signal Chat on Yemen War Plans Experts who spoke with Military.com said it's highly unlikely that operational details at the level Goldberg described would...
Veterans Fear Trump Administration Plans to Privatize VA Health Care Veterans are increasingly getting care from private medical providers, who are then paid by the VA. It's an effort to create...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/va%20debakey%20legend%201200.jpg?itok=FugzVuVV ""The father of modern cardiovascular surgery," Dr. Michael E. DeBakey was a World War II veteran and helped create the modern VA medical system. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)")
