No tanks, but the Corps is still looking for an LAV replacement
Prototypes from two vendors should be ready for evaluations by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
By Shawn Snow
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Top Marine says Light Armored Reconnaissance is outmoded on future battlefield
“Light Armored Reconnaissance today is built great for another Desert Shield, Desert Storm,” Berger said Wednesday. “I don’t see that likelihood as being very great.”
By Shawn Snow
Marine killed in tactical vehicle accident during training exercise in Australia
Lance Cpl. Hans Sandoval-Pereyra is the third Marine to be killed in a tactical vehicle accident over the past two months.
By Shawn Snow
24-year-old Marine platoon commander killed in LAV rollover identified by Corps
Marine 1st Lt. Hugh C. McDowell of Washington, D.C. was killed Thursday.
By Shawn Snow
Light Armored Reconnaissance is hurting for leaders. Here’s what the Corps is doing about it.
LAR unit leaders, who hail from the 0363-job field, are only staffed at 62 percent.
By Shawn Snow
The Corps wants to boost the LAV’s firepower with precision missiles or swarming kamikaze drones
The Corps has been making steady upgrades to one of its oldest tactical vehicles.
By Shawn Snow