As chance would have it, the same week the costly new vehicle concept was revealed, the Navy Department was moving to cancel a Marine amphibious vehicle that cost a similar amount, mainly because the price-tag was too high.
They would like to have more amphibious ships and a better jeep, but they can win without them.
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Which is why the Amphibious Combat Vehicle is a top priority for the Marine Corps.
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The United States has a Marine amphibious ship, the Kearsarge, in the Red Sea.
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Once the site of a daring amphibious raid by Allied troops in the Second World War, the peninsula is now home to two very different refugee camps.
The hard lessons learned in places like Tarawa and Guadalcanal served the U.S. well when Marines turned the tide of war in Korea years later by mounting a daring amphibious landing at Inchon, behind enemy lines.
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The U.S. Navy provided five carrier battle groups with one more in transit to the theater, two amphibious ready groups, and two amphibious task forces for a total of more than 70 surface combatants and submarines plus 37 Military Sealift Command ships.
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He was fond of drunkenly speeding around his property in various automobiles--including an amphibious vehicle that looked like a normal convertible.
Captured and imprisoned for scientific study, a living "amphibious missing link" becomes enamored with the head researcher's female assistant (Julie Adams).
And also the Interfax report from this morning about two ships -- two amphibious ships apparently headed to a Russian base in Syria.
We'll go to Mississippi later in the show, but first to New Orleans where a convoy of amphibious vehicles is carrying relief supplies through the flooded streets of the downtown area, and evacuation of tens of thousands of people is under way.
What the Marines needed was a successor to their Amphibious Assault Vehicle, or AAV, that debuted in 1972.
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In this case, yes, they're using this amphibious assault vehicle merely to transport a large number of troops from one post to another.
The Qingdao review did include an interesting addition to China's fleet, a Yuzhao-class amphibious-assault ship, which could be used to dispatch troops and helicopters over long distances.
The military thinking behind a cruiser such as the Ticonderoga class is to create an offensive warship that will also provide defensive firepower for a carrier group or amphibious operation under air or sea attack.
Converting the bikes to amphibious vehicles to explore Halong Bay might be a step too far for a holiday.
Long before the new posture was announced last year, the Marine Corps was working closely with the Navy to assemble a force that could successfully wage amphibious warfare against well-equipped enemies.
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And we are shifting in the Marine Corps from an amphibious assault unit, if you will, to a long-term combatant unit.
The nine U.S. Navy ships include three guided missile cruisers, three frigates, an amphibious transport ship, two dock landing ships and a research vessel.
It is the latest in a series of highly manoeuvrable, versatile, amphibious vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Haggslunds of Sweden.
And they are developing an armored fighting vehicle that is so much better than existing amphibious vehicles it turns the sea from an obstacle into a maneuver space.
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The Marine Corps is a quick reaction force and are experts at conducting amphibious operations, which are considered the most challenging of all military engagements to pull off.
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Taking that assurance at face value, prime contractor General Dynamics launched a campaign to convince Congress and the Obama Administration that buying a smaller number of the vehicles while upgrading current amphibious systems would be more cost-effective than canceling the program and starting over.
An amphibious tourist vehicle sank in the Albert Dock, Liverpool, while on a tour of the city.
On January 6, Gates disclosed a series of proposed budget cuts that included termination of an amphibious vehicle the Marines have been developing for 15 years.
That means that in a period of less than 2 years, Ike led the three largest amphibious invasions in the history of mankind.
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He arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and spent the night aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, which is docked along the riverfront and serves as a command center.
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