The Marine Corps debuted its amphibious combat vehicles overseas, signaling the service believes it has resolved the training hiccups that previously had prompted it to restrict the vehicles’ ...
The Marine Corps plans to wrap up the recertification of amphibious vehicle operators, in a process prompted by a series of mishaps, but the timeline for deploying the vehicle remains unclear. The ...
Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicles attached to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, June 24, 2024. (Lance Cpl.
The Marine Corps received a shipment of new Amphibious Combat Vehicles or ACVs, eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers designed to move troops from ship to shore, at an Okinawa port over the weekend ...
For two years, 1st Lt. Kenon Morgan trained his crew for the launch of the Marine Corps’ newest armored vehicle on its first overseas deployment. Now aboard the USS Harpers Ferry, the 27-year-old ...
The burly, tracked vehicles that shuttled Marine grunts from ships to shore for more than five decades were retired from the service last week, making way for the Corps’ next-generation amphibious ...
The world we live in today is such that there is little need for amphibious assaults on enemy beaches at the moment. That could change, though, given events taking place in Europe, the Middle East, ...
As the first new high-tech upgraded Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) arrive for the U.S. Navy, the service is also prolonging the service life of its legacy... The Ship ...
In all of the most unforgettable and tragic scenes of war, perhaps no other image is as memorable as Allied troops storming the beaches of Normandy during World War II. The goal was straightforward ...
The service remains on track to recertify all roughly 300 operators of the amphibious combat vehicle on how to operate it safely in water. (Lance Cpl. Juan Torres/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps plans ...