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’ ...
D-Day on June 6, 1944 was a gargantuan feat. Is it the last invasion of its kind? In World War II, the best way to stop an amphibious invasion was before troops reached the beach. Modern weapons and ...
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 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) ...
The Marine Corps pulled the amphibious combat vehicle from most operations in the surf following nonfatal mishaps in 2022. (Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps will deploy its new ...
The Marine Corps’ new amphibious combat vehicle went to work Tuesday in waters off Okinawa doing for the first time what it was designed to do: moving troops from ship to shore. Marines and sailors of ...
Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks, designed to be modern and survivable platforms for Marine assaults, are critiqued as dangerously under-armed ...
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 ...
With a crew of four—commander, driver, gunner, and loader—and a 36-round ammunition reserve, the ZTD-05 balances firepower, mobility, and survivability in a compact package. China continues its ...