After nearly eighty years of continuous service, in March 2020 the Marine Corps announced it planned to retire its three remaining tank battalions in a bid to re-model the force for a great-power ...
The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to debark the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in 1970s-era Assault Amphibious Vehicles.Photo: Flickr. Everything old is new again for the U.S.
Marines' M1A1 Abrams tanks are about to get even more awesome. The improvements to 400 tanks will include a button that will allow to the tank commander to move the main gun on a target being tracked ...
The troops began referring to it as Ontos, Greek for “The Thing.” But after years of combat in Vietnam, the Marines were just about done with it. Parts were hard to find, and the treads wore out ...
The US Marine Corps is the tip of America’s spear—a fast-moving, flexible, forward operating force geared to take and hold territory quickly and efficiently. This flexibility is exemplified in the ...
The United States is putting a new kind of muscle behind its seaborne forces, fielding 70,000-lb amphibious combat vehicles ...
At the end of August, Marine tankers gathered at Camp Pendleton for this year's TIGERCOMP. Excluding a six-year lull in the 2000s, TIGERCOMP has been the Marine Corps tank gunnery competition since ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Just a few Shermans helped turn the tide of a disaster—but clearly the Tarawa landing had left much to be desired. Even the 75-millimeter guns still struggled to bust ...
Four companies will try to build the Marines a new amphibious tank -- hopefully for less than $15.5 billion. Everything old is new again for the U.S. Marine Corps. Four years ago, faced with pressure ...