Amphibious ships have fallen below a readiness rate of 50% due to maintenance and procurement backlogs.
A man had been stranded for nearly two days after flipping his off-road motorcycle when a Marine helicopter crew spotted him.
The 12th Littoral Combat Team will receive the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, in fiscal 2026.
“We do a lot of scenarios that prepare us for moments like this, and once I started assessing the injury, it was almost automatic,” the airman said.
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