Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced on Thursday that a future amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province where 366 Marines were killed by hostile fire and nearly 5,000 more were ...

A future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Helmand Province (LHA 10), Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced this week during the Modern Day Marine 2024 at the Walter E.

WASHINGTON — The next America-class amphibious assault ship will be named after the Helmand province campaign during America’s 20-year conflict in Afghanistan, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced ...

(Reuters) - Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in opium poppy-producing areas of the Helmand River valley on Thursday at the start of a major new offensive Washington hopes ...

"Nightline" visits soldiers battling for local favor in violent Afghan province. MIAN POSHETH, Afghanistan May 31, 2010 — -- Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is the opium capital of the ...

Size of Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. Population: more than 1 million. See map. Number of Marines in Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Regiment at Combat Outpost Sharp at any given time.