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US Navy’s First Hybrid Marks Commissioning Anniversary
US Navy’s Makin Island (LHD 8) celebrated her 6th commissioning anniversary on October 24 at t...
USS Makin Island Completes Half of Its PMA
The crew of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) reached the 50 percent completion m...
GD NASSCO Wins Further USS Makin Island Repair Works
General Dynamics NASSCO was awarded a $61,7 million contract for USS Makin Island (LHD 8) fiscal 201...
USS Makin Island Wins Golden Anchor
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) earned the Retention Excellence Award for fisca...
Image of the Day: Viper Lands aboard USS Makin Island
A Sailor signals an AH-1Z Viper helicopter attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (R...
USS Makin Island Inducts New Shellbacks
Sailors, Marines and DoD civilians aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) parti...
USS Makin Island Docks in Singapore
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with the embarked 11th Marine Expedition...
USS Makin Island Waves Goodbye to Duqm, Oman
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), embarked with Amphibious Squadron Five and 11t...
Sailors Enjoy a Steel Beach Picnic aboard USS Makin Island
More than 2,300 Sailors and Marines deployed aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)...
Image of the Day: Metal Sparks aboard USS Makin Island
Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Joshua Oliver, from Leesburg, Fla., cuts metal aboard the amphib...
USS George H.W. Bush, USS Makin Island Carry Out RAS
US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) recently carried out a vertical repl...
Search for Missing Aircrew Member Ends Unsuccessfully
U.S. forces in the North Arabian Gulf concluded a search and rescue operation for a missing U.S. Mar...
US Navy Searching for Missing Aircrew Member
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces in the North Arabian Gulf are conducting a search and rescue opera...
CTF 51 Commander Boards USS Makin Island
The commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 51 visited Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ...
The Story Behind USS Makin Island
While Hollywood continues to churn out fictional fantasies about futuristic wars, Special Forces ope...
USS Makin Island Visits Students in Hong Kong
Fourteen Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) visited young m...
USS Makin Island ARG Leaves Hong Kong
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed Hon...
USS Makin Island Docks in Hong Kong
Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary ...