Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the shores of Grenada to the deserts of Iraq, the Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) shielded and carried Marines from ship to sea to shore for over 50 years. Now, after a Sept.

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, launch Amphibious Combat Vehicles during a shore-to-ship movement to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) during Type Commander’s Amphibious Training 26.

Marine Corps ACV in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps released a dramatic photo this week of a new amphibious combat vehicle heading toward the San Diego-based USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean. The aerial photo ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — One Marine has died, two injured and eight others are missing after an amphibious assault vehicle accident off the coast of southern California. In a Friday morning tweet from the I Marine Expeditionary Force, the accident ...

Seven Marines and one Navy sailor were presumed dead Sunday after the military called off its search for the group. SAN DIEGO -- Seven Marines and one Navy sailor are presumed dead Sunday after the military called off its search for the group, which went ...

The Japan-based amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and the Marines assigned to it are now heading towards the Middle East as the US tries to secure vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz