D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history — and likely the last. Here's why.

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US Marines trained with South Korean troops for an amphibious assault in a 2023 exercise.
US Marines trained with South Korean troops for an amphibious assault in a 2023 exercise.

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US assault ship USS Bataan raced at 'best speed' into the Red Sea fight ready to 'punch somebody in the face' if needed, top officers say

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U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Fleet Week New York and Sailors assigned to the USS Bataan (LHD-5) man the rails as the ship arrives in Manhattan, New York for Fleet Week New York 2024, May 22, 2024.
US Marines during Fleet Week in New York on May 22, 2024.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Orion Stpierre, Communication Directorate

V-22 Ospreys return to the skies but are required to stay within 30 minutes from an airfield in case of emergency

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A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey conducts its flight demonstration during an air show in North Carolina.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Williams

US and Philippine Marines train in seizing and defending key terrain near Taiwan's south coast in a show of force against China

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US and Philippine Marines return from a security patrol
US and Philippine Marines return from a security patrol during Balikatan 24 at Itbayat, Philippines.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks

US Marine Corps urgently modernizes its counter-drone capabilities to keep pace with Russia and China

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US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats
US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats using a Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer is out of action, and it's a problem, top Marine Corps general says

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The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer transits the East Sea during Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 March 8, 2016.

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INSIDE QUANTICO — how Marine Corps officers survive the 7-month Basic School

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We got an inside look at how new United States Marine Corps officers are trained at The Basic School, a seven-month program that challenges newly commissioned second lieutenants physically, academically, and tactically.

The US Marine Corps called 911 for help when it lost that F-35 jet over South Carolina in September

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An F-35 fighter jet flies over the sky during Fleet Week in San Francisco.

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Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter

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A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.
A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.

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The Marine Corps' version of F-35 has a unique feature that could have played a role in the South Carolina crash

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An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.
An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.

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