Marines New Amphibious Combat Vehicles Set to Begin Full-Rate Production
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive new Amphibious Combat Vehicles along the beach during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18, 2019. (Andrew Cortez/U.S. Marine Corps)
14 Dec 2020
More Marine units will see their decades-old amphibious assault vehicles upgraded after a new deal was struck that will move production of the long-awaited amphibious combat vehicle into a new phase.
The Marine Corps awarded BAE Systems a nearly $185 million contract for full-rate production of 36 amphibious combat vehicles. The agreement, according to the Marine Corps, means the service can now build and field more ACVs at a sustained rate over the next several years.
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Here s Why the National Guard Is Over 100 Years Older Than the Other Military Services
U.S. Army Sgt. Mason Mackrell, the Georgia Army National Guard’s Outstanding Soldier of the Year, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Carden, The Adjunct General of Georgia, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alisha Sanders, the Georgia Air National Guard s Outstanding Airmen of the Year, cut a birthday cake in observation of the National Guard s 384th birthday, Dec. 10, 2020, at Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Georgia. (Isaiah Matthews/U.S. Army National Guard)
13 Dec 2020
The Army, Navy and Marine Corps can beef over which service was created first in the year before the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, but the National Guard claims to have them all beat by more than a century.