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The Marine Corps prides itself on being a "first-to-fight" expeditionary force that moves quickly from ship to shore, often under heavy fire. But the amphibious vehicles used for many of those deployments are decades old, and the previous attempt to field a new fleet was canceled after the service spent $3 billion on the program with little to show for it.
Marines pick two firms to make amphibious vehicle prototypes
The Marine Corps prides itself on being a “first-to-fight” expeditionary force that moves quickly from ship to shore, often under heavy fire.
The Marine Corps prides itself on being a "first-to-fight" expeditionary force that moves quickly from ship to shore, often under heavy fire