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The U.S. will support Manila’s plan to build a new naval pier at a Philippine naval base in Subic Bay. A 15-meter by ...

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Biking for 26 days and nearly 900 miles, Vietnam veteran Larry Ritland is embarking on the ride of a lifetime. Ritland, a 42-year member of the American Legion, will bike from his hometown of Story ...

who are part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, which includes the USS Wasp. The 24th MEU is currently aboard the Wasp ARG on a "routine deployment" in support of deterrence during the Israel ...

ANKARA, Turkey — One day after a mob assault in Turkey against U.S. Marines assigned to the Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, the U.S. military is speaking out. Department of ...

"We can confirm reports that U.S. service members embarked aboard the USS Wasp were the victims of an assault in Izmir today, and are now safe," it said on social media platform X. Earlier ...

Several members of a Turkish nationalist group, Turkey Youth Union, or TGB, on Monday attacked two U.S. Marines from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, which docked in the city’s port on ...

The U.S. Embassy in Turkey confirmed that service members from the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship were attacked on Monday in Izmir. The vessel is deployed in the Middle East region amid high ...

It happened Sunday, Sept. 2. The Marines are attached to the Norfolk-based USS Wasp. “This is clearly a troubling incident," USAF Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a press briefing at the Pentagon ...