The Marine Corps recently conducted its first live-fire training with a full detachment of helicopters operating from a sea-base ship near Okinawa, showcasing the flexibility of its expeditionary ...

The future USS Robert E. Simanek is docked at left prior to the christening ceremony. Courtesy NASSCO The fifth in a series of unusual Navy ships that are effectively floating Marine bases was ...

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 25.3, board expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) Aug. 27, 2025. US Marine Corps ...

The expeditionary sea base Hershel “Woody” Williams sustained a soft grounding mishap last week as it was leaving Gabon, according to the Navy. (Navy) The expeditionary sea base Hershel “Woody” ...

The Spaceport Company (TSC) has been awarded a contract by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an office within the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), to deliver cargo and enable greater access to space ...

The United States is bolstering its military presence near China by deploying the Marine Corps on a specialized naval vessel serving as a sea base, extending the unit's reach across the contested ...

An MH-53E Sea Dragon, from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, prepare to land on expeditionary mobile base platform ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) on Nov. 1, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by ...