First Stern Landing Vessel heads to III MEF as Marine Corps moves toward LSM and interim 'bridging solution'

The Marine Corps' first Stern Landing Vessel, a converted civilian support ship leased from shipbuilder Hornbeck Offshore Services, is now on its way to Okinawa, Japan to exercise with the third Marine Expeditionary Force after a year of testing off the East and West coasts of the United States. As HOS Resolution steams into the Indo-Pacific, the Marine Corps is preparing to accept delivery of a second SLV in mid-February, service officials overseeing the SLV program told Inside Defense...