The Battle of Wake Island is often referred to as the loneliest battle of World War II. On December 8, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor surprised American military forces in Hawaii an occupied much of ...

From ship to shore to objective, no equipment better defines the distinction and purpose of Marine Corps expeditionary capabilities than the AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Designed to assault ...

Japan faces “the most severe security environment it has seen since the end of World War II,” Maj ... six Japanese amphibious assault vehicles ashore, followed by a Japanese air-cushioned landing ...

and crews and troops were re-trained to operate and drive the vehicles. Christopher Melkonian, deputy manager for the Marines’ Advanced Amphibious Assault Program, calls the ACV deployment a ...

the ACV is expected to replace the service’s arsenal of Amphibious Assault Vehicles that have been in use since the 1970s. As Task & Purpose previously reported, Marines with the I Marine ...