A fleet of Marine Corps wheeled Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) is now forward deployed to the island of Okinawa, Japan, marking an important step in modernizing the service’s Pacific theater assets ...
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 Marine Corps formally decommissioned the last of its “workhorse” amphibious landing vehicles in a ceremony in California last Friday, bidding farewell to the machines that have carried Marines ...
On May 4, 2024, the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle was employed overseas for the first time during its initial deployment. As part of Exercise Balikatan 2024, an annual bilateral ...
The Marine Corps is pivoting back to the amphibious and fleet support roles that defined it during World War II. The US Marine Corps is moving on from the long-serving Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) ...
After more than 50 years in service, the Marine Corps is sunsetting its Assault Amphibious Vehicle. (Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin/Marine Corps) From the shores of Grenada to the deserts of Iraq, the ...
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A half-dozen amphibious combat vehicles swam through calm morning seas and rolled onto Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base’s Red Beach earlier this month. The ACV crews joined ...