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Marine Corps Adds HIMARS To Navy Sea-Based Strike Capabilities

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Marine Corps Adds HIMARS To Navy Sea-Based Strike Capabilities
The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is fired from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Dawn Blitz 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Dickinson)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Marine Corps is finding ways it can contribute to a sea-based fight while aboard Navy ships instead of simply being ferried to a land-based fight by the sister sea service.Marine rockets and other long-range fire capabilities can be brought to bear on sea- and land-based targets from the deck of the amphibious ships that transport them to war zones, said Lt. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, Marine Corps deputy commandant for Operations, Plans and Strategy."Long-range systems, whether that's…

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