1. Littoral warfare includes amphibious landings. 2. Artillery shells from Navy ships have pulverized its hills, and the Marines have conducted periodic war games and amphibious landings on its beaches. 3. Elements of the force have rehearsed civilian evacuations and amphibious landings on nearby islands that are part of the Bahamas. 4. Instead, the military will explore moving the exercises, which include practice bombings and amphibious landings, to existing bombing ranges and facilities. 5. It would allow shelling of the mainland from Navy ships, bombing by planes, tank maneuvers and amphibious landings. 6. Planes drop bombs, ships hurl shells at the shore and Marines practice amphibious landings. 7. Ray Sullivan, a spokesman for Perry, said last week that the governor had received incorrect information that no amphibious landing training would occur on Padre Island. 8. Several days ago, Mikolashek escorted Mohamed Tantaway, field marshal of the Egyptian Army, from a reviewing stand where VIPs had watched an amphibious landing exercise. 9. The Caribbean facility is the only location in the eastern United States where the Navy and Marines practice combined amphibious landings, aerial attacks and naval gunfire support. 10. The kid from Indiana served aboard a ship named the Rocky Mount through five amphibious landings in the Pacific. |