Flynn: Marine Corps LCS Module Should Operate With Sea Base

By Cid Standifer / April 15, 2011 at 2:23 AM
The Marines and the Navy have restarted conversations about a Marine Corps mission module for the Littoral Combat Ship, which would have to include a berthing module and a reinforced deck for Marine aircraft and could encompass an at-sea offloading method, a Corps official said today. Lt. Gen. George Flynn, head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, said at a conference that a Marine Corps LCS module would require embarkation equipment for a group of Marines, though he did not...

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