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This US Navy “Lightning Carrier” Just Sailed Up to China’s Backdoor
The USS Tripoli is not quite an aircraft carrier—but her complement of F-35s serve as a shot across the bow to China after ...
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Why Did the US Navy Just Send a Strike Force into the Indo-Pacific?
Beyond a vague commitment to “maintaining peace and security,” it is not yet clear what the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike ...
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts flight operations aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 2, 2025. Tripoli, the flagship of the ...
Marines with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry–East, load a Mjolnir munitions system on a SkyRaider. (Cpl. Zachariah Ferraro/Marine Corps) Keeping in step with the Pentagon’s ...
The United States Marine Corps made vital strides in 2025, implementing new formations and technologies in an effort to remain ready for any conflicts that may abound. This past year forced the ...
Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, armed with rifles and chain saws, move into position along the southern border to conduct vegetation clearance operations near Yuma, Dec. 18, 2025. Hundreds ...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent call with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro—during which Trump reportedly pressed Maduro to step down—follows a substantial increase in the U.S. military’s presence ...
This marks Tripoli’s initial forward-deployed assignment as the flagship for the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group. The ...
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