After nearly eighty years of continuous service, in March 2020 the Marine Corps announced it planned to retire its three remaining tank battalions in a bid to re-model the force for a great-power ...

The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to debark the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in 1970s-era Assault Amphibious Vehicles.Photo: Flickr. Everything old is new again for the U.S.

Tanks, the armored cavalry — it's a division commonly associated with the army, but that wasn't the only branch of the armed forces to use tanks. The United States Marine Corps has worked alongside ...

The US Marine Corps is the tip of America’s spear—a fast-moving, flexible, forward operating force geared to take and hold territory quickly and efficiently. This flexibility is exemplified in the ...

Tanks rarely operate alone. That’s because, for all their firepower and protection, tanks have vulnerabilities. Their armor is thin on top, on the bottom and in the back. Even on tanks with separate ...

Four companies will try to build the Marines a new amphibious tank -- hopefully for less than $15.5 billion. Everything old is new again for the U.S. Marine Corps. Four years ago, faced with pressure ...