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USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 3, 2021 May 3, 2021 10:29 AM • Updated:
May 3, 2021 12:10 PM
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of May 3, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:
296
In Japan
Ens. Chris Colliver, formerly a Chief Electronics Technician assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), recites the oath of office during his commissioning ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay on April 30, 2021. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Marines’ Light Armored Vehicle Is RIP
In order to keep pace with a growing threat in the Pacific, the Corps is ditching their LAVs for good.
The Marine’s LAV has been a United States Marine Corps (USMC) workhorse since the early 1980s. With a 25mm chain gun, eight-wheel-drive, and a moderate amphibious capability, the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) is a powerful reconnaissance tool. Since its introduction, the LAV has been steadily upgraded, incorporating armor protection upgrades as well as fuel economy and drive train improvements. Though the LAV certainly fills an amphibious armored reconnaissance capability niche for the Marine Corps, it is on the way out.
By
Paul McLeary on April 26, 2021 at 3:58 PM
A Marine launches the Switchblade 300, a weaponized Small Unmanned Air System
WASHINGTON: The Marine Corps are looking for new loitering suicide drones that troops can launch while on the move, listing them as its number one acquisition priority.
The two systems came in at the top of a list of equipment the service wants as it builds new light battalions to operate in small, dispersed groups on Pacific island chains.
The list came at the conclusion of the Corps’ latest version of its Force Design 2030 document. It outlines some of the major muscle movements ordered by Commandant Gen. David Berger to make the force lighter, faster, and better to support the Navy in a contest with the Chinese. The new list was released today,
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 11:09 AM
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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 26, 2021, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:
296
In Japan
Seaman Zhihao Luo, from San Francisco, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), secures a line during small boat operations training on April 22, 2021. US Navy Photo