4th Marines ACVs Load Onto Stern Landing Vessel at Naha Military Port...pics by Cpl. Adam Trump

Note. HQMC has dug its fangs into the floorboard and continue with this Marine Littoral Regiment bullshit despite the Navy OBVIOUSLY having decided that it makes no sense to purchase ANY stern landing ships when the MLR provides less firepower than an additional Burke or perhaps a couple of frigates. Add the idea of "sensing and making sense" for the joint force when better options are available that don't require putting Marine units in the line of fire without any plausible means of extraction ALONG WITH the MLR needing host nations to approve its deployment to be of any use and it should be apparent to all (INCLUDING THE INCOMING SECDEF) that this idea is a can of shit in a shiny wrapper.