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BAE Systems Tests Battle Management System in ACVs, As Company Mulls Future Upgrades and Variants

U.S. Marines with Company D, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), provide security for infantry Marines while conducting an integrated training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.,, April 7, 2021. US Marine Corps

The amphibious combat vehicle’s open architecture design is already allowing builder BAE Systems to experiment with adding in new combat capabilities, even as the company continues to ponder potential variants it could...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/18/bae-systems-tests-battle-management-system-in-acvs-as-company-mulls-future-upgrades-and-variants

Marines Defend ACV Development as Program Matures

An Amphibious Combat Vehicle with the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, is staged in preparation to depart the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) as part of the vehicle’s developmental testing off the shore of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps’ 20-year odyssey to replace its 1970s-era amphibious vehicle has hit more than a few roadblocks, but after...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/18/marines-defend-acv-development-as-program-matures

Marines, Sailors ‘Put Stamp On’ Marine Corps Support for Wildland Fire Missions in California

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Hernandez-Aylala assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, holds a fire line while conducting wildland fire fighting operations with National Interagency Fire Center personnel near the Sierra National Forest, Calif., Sep. 24, 2020. Approximately 250 Marines from 7th ESB are going to help fight the Creek Fire in Central California. US Marine Corps photo.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A platoon of Marines, just weeks out of the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/26/marines-sailors-put-stamp-on-marine-corps-support-for-wildland-fire-missions-in-california

Iron Fist Teaching Japanese Amphib Force to Synch with U.S. Marines

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force assault amphibious vehicle drives on the beach during an amphibious assault as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2020 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – With dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) in the hazy horizon, a procession of green-and-tan camouflaged amphibious assault vehicles pushed onto the sandy beach and headed north as Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines,...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/19/iron-fist-teaching-japanese-amphib-force-to-synch-with-u-s-marines

Officials: U.S.-Japan Iron Fist Amphib Exercise ‘Extremely Important’ as China’s Navy Expands

U.S. Marines with 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade stand in formation during the opening ceremony of Exercise Iron Fist 2020 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California on Jan. 17, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Sailors and Marines kicked off an annual bilateral Iron Fist exercise with Japanese soldiers on Friday that’s designed to help Japan’s fledgling amphibious force become ready to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/21/officials-u-s-japan-iron-fist-amphib-exercise-extremely-important-as-chinas-navy-expands-officials-say

13 Junior Marines Charged in Human Trafficking Scheme

The Marine Corps levied military criminal charges against 13 junior Marines arrested in July at Camp Pendleton, Calif., for allegedly participating in operations to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the United States.

Twelve members of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines – all in the rank of lance corporal – along with a Marine assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, “will face military court proceedings for UCMJ violations” for offenses that include failure to obey an order, drug offenses,...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/23/13-junior-marines-charged-in-human-trafficking-scheme

16 Marines Arrested for Alleged Human Smuggling, Drug-Related Offenses

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division, participate in a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California on June 13, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

During an infantry battalion’s morning formation on Thursday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 16 Marines were arrested on allegations they took part in illegal human smuggling and illicit drug-related offenses, 1st Marine Division announced.

Another eight Marines with the battalion “were taken aside to be questioned on their...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/25/16-marines-arrested-for-alleged-human-smuggling-drug-related-offenses

Marine Dies After Light Armored Vehicle Rollover, 6 Injured

U.S. Marines with 1st, 3rd and 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalions participate in the Bushmaster Challenge at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on March 23, 2019. US Marine Corps

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — The Marine Corps is looking into what caused the fatal rollover of a light armored vehicle on Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, Calif., that left one Marine dead and injured six others.

The Marines, who belong to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, were...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/10/marine-dies-after-light-armored-vehicle-rollover-6-injured

WEST: Marines Expanding Sea Control Laboratory to Test Command and Control Concepts, Gear

The landing force operations center maintained by Marine Corps Tactical System Support Activity on Camp Pendleton, Calif., replicates sea-based systems normally seen on U. S. Navy ships, allowing Marines to improve their understanding command and control mediums by testing them in a simulated environment. US Marine Corps

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Marines are expanding its shore-based, sea control test lab to help ensure sea-going Marines’ command and control systems will work once they get aboard...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/15/west-marines-expanding-sea-control-laboratory-test-command-control-concepts-gear

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