Ground combat is where wars are ultimately decided. Explore infantry tactics, combined arms operations, urban warfare, and the evolving nature of close combat in an era of precision weapons and networked battlefields.
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To join the US Marines, applicants must be 17-28 years old, pass the ASVAB with a minimum score of 32, meet strict physical fitness standards, and clear medical and background checks.
Manufactured by AM General, the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle - or Humvee as it is often referred to - is a mobile, four-wheel-drive, diesel tactical vehicle and serves at…
With the advent of the marine helicopter in the late 1930’s, there came this idea of “vertical envelopment.” That’s the ability to pick-up and drop-off equipment and troops in remote…
Insitu ScanEagle U.S. Marines Corps Boeing’s subsidiary, Insitu, created the ScanEagle as a small, low-altitude, long-endurance drone used primarily for reconnaissance. The…
The Marine Corps’ bond with the EA-6B Prowler began when it touched down on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C in 1977. The Prowler replaced the EA-6A Intruder -…
The F-35 Lightning II Was Part Of History’s Biggest Arms Deal 1st Lt. Melissa Heisterberg, U.S. Marine Corps Modern warfare is expensive….
Cpl. Akeel Austin, U.S. Marine Corps Soldiers from the Singapore Armed Forces conduct a squad level attack range as…
Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht A U.S. Marine Corps reserve Bell UH-1 Helicopter Huey from Marine Aircraft Group 49 lifts…
Staff Sgt. Artur Shvartsberg, U.S. Marine Corps A U.S. Marine Corps Bell AH-1 Cobra assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons…
The VH-71 Kestrel is a medium transport helicopter used most famously by the United States Marine Corps for their presidential transport aircraft fleet. The United States Navy contracted out to…
Capt. Keith Stevenson, U.S. Marine Corps The Unmanned Little Bird helicopter, a smaller variant of the larger, manned A/MH-6M…
The AV-8B Harrier II is a progression of the British design for the Hawker Siddley Harrier. This single engine light attack aircraft is capable of short and vertical take-offs and…
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