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Let’s start with some terminology. _e U.S. Joint Chiefs of Sta_ (JCS) defines an amphibious operation as “a military operation launched from the sea by an amphibious force to conduct landing force operations within the littorals.” JCS declares an amphibious force to be “an amphibious task force and landing force together with other forces that are trained, organized and equipped for amphibious operations.” An amphibious assault is characterized as “an amphibious operation that involves establishing a force on a hostile or potentially hostile shore.” And an amphibious warfare ship is a “combatant ship having organic capability to embark, land, and support landing forces in amphibious operations and which has characteristics enabling long-duration operations on the high seas.” Generally speaking and taken together, these interlocking definitions describe a highly specialized form of warfare that has evolved and expanded over more than 2,500 years of human history. It began some two and half millennia ago with sea and land battles between the ancient Greeks and Persians, reached unprecedented levels in scale, scope and lethality in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific during World War II, and is today probably best expressed in the power and reach of U.S. Navy amphibious ready groups operating around the world.