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The AAV: The U.S. Marines’ Amphibious Beast
For decades, the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) has been a cornerstone of the U.S. Marine Corps, transporting troops and ...
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This Marine endured five amphibious assaults — and survived Iwo Jima
Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
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US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle program reaches $2.7bn milestone with latest contract modification
ACV-R will offer field maintenance, recovery, and repair capabilities to USMC formations, replacing the Assault Amphibious Vehicle recovery variant (AAVR7A1) in the field. "US Marine Corps ...
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Amphibious Assault Ships
The new United States Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) is now operational and preparing to deploy from U.S. Navy big-deck amphibious warships from miles off-shore into hostile ...
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Navy, Marines Learning to Make Do as V-22 Restrictions Endure
The V-22 Osprey has long legs, but the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force tiltrotor fleets have been on a short leash since a ...
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'We Learned a Lot': Marines, Sailors Reflect on Deployments Chock-Full of Equipment Challenges
Leaders involved in the 2023-2024 deployments of the Wasp and Boxer Amphibious Ready Groups, or ARGs, described the ...