U.S. Marines from the 22nd MEU (SOC) and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) are participating in joint exercises in the ...

Capt. Richard Haley relieved Capt. Brian Hamel as USS Iwo Jima’s (LHD 7) 18th commanding officer during a ceremony, June 13th ...

Aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), there is a small museum called the Suribachi Room that holds many treasures and mementos from the epic battle of Iwo Jima.

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) arrives at its homeport of Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Oct. 11, 2021. US Navy Photo This story has been updated to correct that USS ...

The Iwo Jima is one of three types of amphibious assault ships in Norfolk. There’s a landing ship dock (LSD), a landing platform dock (LPD) and a landing helicopter dock (LHD).

USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is currently homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. May 30, 2019. US Navy Photo. A month after a fire in a hazardous material space injured 11 sailors, amphibious assault ...

By MC2 Megan Anuci. USS Iwo Jima Public Affairs. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) was named as as the Amphibious Squadron EIGHT Battle Efficiency (Battle 'E') winner by ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 17, 2021) A landing craft, air cushion, attached to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, transits alongside the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) during a photo ...

Iwo Jima has always been beautiful, a volcanic chunk of rock surrounded by cobalt sea. But a World War II battle 80 years ago this month turned the Japanese island into a byword for desperate ...

Personnel Specialist Seaman Dylan Lotshaw, of Jasper, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) participated in a damage control drill on the ship's mess decks while ...

The Norfolk-based USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is named for the historic World War II battle in the Pacific. It was built at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and was commissioned in 2001.