Story by Staff Sgt. Claudia Nix | U.S. Marine Corps Training and Education Command | 10.02.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – The Assault Amphibious Vehicle was officially decommissioned during an AAV Sundown Ceremony at the Assault Amphibian School at Camp Pendelton, California, Sept. 26....
Story by Johannes Schmidt | Marine Corps Systems Command | 11.27.2023
One of the most dynamic new tools in the Corps’ toolbox is the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, or ACV. Fielded by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the ACV is the Corps' next-generation vehicle designed for the swift and secure transport of Marines from ships to shore along island chains like those found in the South China Sea....
Story by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 12.06.2021
TAMPA, Fla. – For many Marines, imagining a nearly 29-year career in the Marine Corps might be a stretch. Spending the majority of that career in the same unit then might seem impossible. While serving in the Corps’ ranks an individual Marine can typically expect to serve a minimum of two years at a duty station before transitioning to another unit. This was not the case for Lt. Col.......
Story by Cpl. Jamin Powell | 1st Marine Division | 04.05.2021
“Being an ACV crewman is at the root of what the Marine Corps is,” Lance Cpl. Gaven Sack said. “It encompasses a lot of things, on land and in the water.”...
Story by Matt Gonzales | Marine Corps Systems Command | 12.11.2020
The Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle has achieved two new major milestones.
Story by Staff Sgt. Kassie McDole | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.12.2020
The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor recovered Aug. 7 off the coast of San Clemente Island following a July 30 assault amphibious vehicle mishap were transferred Aug. 12 to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California....
Story by Capt. George McArthur | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.27.2020
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group completed a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary and Marine Air-Ground Task Force maneuver from Guam to Okinawa, Japan, March 21-28....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office | 02.28.2020
Roaring overhead, a pair of Royal Thai Air force F-16 Fighting Falcons flew over the designated beach as U.S. and Thai forces moved from ship to shore in an integrated beach landing. The Kingdom of Thailand and the United States participated in a bilateral amphibious landing exercise on Hat Yao Beach, Sattahip, Thailand Friday Feb. 28, 2020. The bilateral amphibious landing exercise represents......
