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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 cargo from ship to shore. With its 29-ton combat weight, armored protection, ...
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Marine Corps welcomes new amphibious combat vehicles to Camp Lejeune fleet
The Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has received a shipment of four new Amphibious Combat Vehicles ... According to a release, the ACV is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier that provides ...
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Amphibious Combat Vehicle
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has begun to say goodbye to its tanks and will operate none by the end of the decade, but that doesn’t mean it won’t continue to... The U.S. Marine Corps ...
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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 ...
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The Insider
The Marine Corps has begun fielding its Amphibious Combat Vehicle to the East Coast, completed the ACV's first overseas deployment and ... tools needed to assess the effectiveness of new missile ...
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ACV fielding expands as Marine Corps draws on lessons from testing and deployment
The Marine Corps has begun fielding its Amphibious Combat Vehicle to the East Coast, completed the ACV's first overseas deployment and wrapped up contract negotiations over the program's upcoming 30mm ...
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Marines Want New Class of Aviation Support Ships
SS Wright (T-AVB-3), one of two Marine aviation logistics support ships. With the impending retirement of the aging Wright-class, the Marine Corps wants a new class of aviation logistics support ...
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New Orleans chef goes from Marines to kitchen, shares love of chicken and dumplings
Eric Cook of New Orleans said he never gave much thought to cooking — despite his last name — for his first 24 years. But once he returned home from U.S. Marine combat missions, he found his ...
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Hawaii Marines train with new anti-­drone fighting system
Above, the new Marine Air Defense Integrated System relies on vehicles equipped with turret-launched stinger missiles, advanced camera optics, sensors, a 30 mm cannon and a M240 machine gun to ...
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Hawaii Marines train with new anti-­drone fighting system
KEVIN KNODELL / KKNODELL @STARADVERTISER.COM Above, the new Marine Air Defense Integrated System relies on vehicles equipped with turret-launched stinger missiles, advanced camera optics ...
Hawaii Marines train with new anti-­drone fighting system
SGT. JACQUELINE C. PARSONS / U.S. MARINE CORPS From atop an armored vehicle, a stinger missile is fired at a small unmanned aircraft during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big ...