WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 286390 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2023-03-03 13:12:23 [post_date_gmt] => 2023-03-03 13:12:23 [post_content] => by John Konrad (gCaptain) According to Craig Hooper, a senior military contributor for Forbes, the US Marine Corps has been working with offshore oil and gas experts to develop a new solution for the contested reefs and islands of the South China Sea. The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab created a prototype for a future Marine Corps landing ship, and it turned out to be a tough, mobile, shallow-water mini-base, which could be produced in large numbers at a reasonable cost. The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab lifted the veil on their initial effort to transform Offshore Support Vessels into a test... [post_title] => US Marine Corps Experiments Offshore [post_excerpt] => by John Konrad (gCaptain) According to Craig Hooper, a senior military contributor for Forbes, the US Marine Corps has been working with offshore oil and gas experts to develop a new solution for the contested reefs and islands of the South China Sea. ... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => us-marine-corps-experiments-offshore [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2023-03-03 13:12:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2023-03-03 13:12:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=178248 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )