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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
Latest "light armored reconnaissance" stories
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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
Tactical military vehicle accidents in the Marine Corps and Navy are at a 10 year low, according to military data. But these grieving families are still questioning it
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.
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
The F-35 of the ground combat force? That’s what the Marines want for the light armored vehicle’s replacement
The armored reconnaissance vehicle is expected to begin replacing the legacy LAV by the late 2020s.
By Todd South
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