Maj. Gen. David Coffman, USMC, the US Navy’s director of expeditionary warfare, discusses lessons learned from the first deployment of the USS America — a new amphibious assault ship optimized for aviation operations — getting the F-35 Lightning II fighter to sea and Navy-Marine Corps force planning in the Pacific during a Jan. 10, 2018, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the Surface Navy Association’s 2018 national symposium and trade show in northern Virginia. The Defense & Aerospace Report was an official SNA 2018 media partner, and our coverage was sponsored by Leonardo DRS.
