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 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....
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 01.07.2020
Tommy “TJ” Pittman’s nearly 50-year dedication to the Marine Corps’ amphibious assault community is personal.
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 10.03.2019
Three thousand miles away from the epicenter of Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle acquisition, a cadre of Marines, civilians and contractors are hard at work completing a logistics demonstration effort on the vehicle. The logistics demonstration effort—or Log Demo—is one of the last steps the Advanced Amphibious Assault program office at Program Executive Officer Land Systems needs to......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anaid Balmes | USS Green Bay (LPD 20) | 02.07.2019
The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Sattahip, Thailand Feb. 7 to participate in exercise Cobra Gold 2019....
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 01.28.2019
The Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle program reached another milestone, proving the vehicle’s ability to deliver future combat power from ship to shore and follow-on objectives. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed testing on the ACV, which proved the new vehicles' ability to not only take on challenging surf, but also complete a long swim from ship......
Story by Kaitlin Kelly | Marine Corps Systems Command | 06.19.2018
Marine Corps Systems Command awarded a contract to produce Amphibious Combat Vehicles—a much-needed modernization to the Marine Corps’ ground combat element. Following a successful Milestone C decision by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, the contract options worth $198 million will allow BAE Systems to build 30 low rate production vehicles,......
Story by Grady Fontana | Military Sealift Command Far East | 05.28.2018
Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships conducted a backload of all equipment that was previously offloaded to support exercise Balikatan (BK) 2018 at Subic Bay, Olongapo, Philippines, May 24-28....
