“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.”
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been meeting with congressional leaders to urge them to avoid a continuing resolution. However, that path appears unlikely.
US Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship Boxer recently sailed through the Strait of Hormuz with an armored vehicle strapped to the flight deck, ready to fight off drones and Iranian gunboats.
Noncombat-related Marine and Navy tactical military vehicle accidents and rollovers are at a ten year low, and those mishaps also appear to be on a general decline, according to data provided by the Navy Safety Center.