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    Marines testing massive combat paddle boat during RIMPAC 2014 [Image 1 of 6]

    Marines testing massive combat paddle boat during RIMPAC 2014

    MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, UNITED STATES

    07.09.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Matthew Bragg 

    U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

    Navatek personnel help ground-guide the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) over sand dunes, July 9, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on Oahu, Hawaii during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The AWE is the culmination of a decade of progressive experimentation conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) where they are testing potential future technologies, solutions and concepts to future Marine Air Ground Task Force challenges. The AWE is taking part during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Lt. Col. Don Gordon, the current technology officer at MCWL, said the UHAC is one of those experimental technologies that displays a possible capability of being able to insert Marines in areas where current technology wouldn’t be able to insert them based on current systems that are fielded. The UHAC prototype is a ship-to-shore connector and is half the size of the intended machine. Currently, the UHAC travels at four knots using a track system with floatation-like pads that propels itself through different terrain. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg)

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    Date Taken: 07.09.2014
    Date Posted: 07.10.2014 06:30
    Photo ID: 1441167
    VIRIN: 140709-M-DP650-001
    Resolution: 1680x1120
    Size: 1.52 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HI, US
    Hometown: DELPHOS, OH, US

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