For the time being, there will be three amphibious ready groups in the region.
Ever since then, amphibious warfare has been the defining feature and core competency of the Marines.
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Which is why the Amphibious Combat Vehicle is a top priority for the Marine Corps.
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The Mexican navy has offered to send two ships, two helicopters and 15 amphibious vehicles.
The Americans' last big amphibious operation dates back to 1950, in the Korean war.
The United States has a Marine amphibious ship, the Kearsarge, in the Red Sea.
Walker is currently being held on the USS Peleliu, an amphibious assault ship in the Arabian Sea.
An amphibious tourist vehicle sank in the Albert Dock, Liverpool, while on a tour of the city.
They would like to have more amphibious ships and a better jeep, but they can win without them.
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What the Marines needed was a successor to their Amphibious Assault Vehicle, or AAV, that debuted in 1972.
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The commandos might take part in an amphibious or aerial assault on southern Iraq or in urban fighting.
There will be an airborne assault and amphibious landings as well as training in counter-insurgency, counter-piracy and interstate war.
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Two MRCs will require deployment of all available carrier battle groups plus amphibious ready groups and maritime task forces.
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Converting the bikes to amphibious vehicles to explore Halong Bay might be a step too far for a holiday.
That brings us back to the amphibious vehicle Secretary Gates wants to cancel.
These amphibious bicycles have the potential to save thousands of lives in flood-prone regions of the developing world, like Pakistan.
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It is the latest in a series of highly manoeuvrable, versatile, amphibious vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Haggslunds of Sweden.
He was fond of drunkenly speeding around his property in various automobiles--including an amphibious vehicle that looked like a normal convertible.
Captured and imprisoned for scientific study, a living "amphibious missing link" becomes enamored with the head researcher's female assistant (Julie Adams).
And we are shifting in the Marine Corps from an amphibious assault unit, if you will, to a long-term combatant unit.
Recent Pentagon wargames have demonstrated how much the proliferation of smart weapons has jeopardized traditional naval missions such as amphibious operations.
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In October the USS Makin Island, an amphibious assault ship, was the first of 12 hybrid-powered ships to take to the water.
We rode into war crammed in the back of amphibious assault vehicles.
Following its return, 40 Commando will take leave and then begin training for contingency operations, providing part of the UK's amphibious warfare capability.
And also the Interfax report from this morning about two ships -- two amphibious ships apparently headed to a Russian base in Syria.
In this case, yes, they're using this amphibious assault vehicle merely to transport a large number of troops from one post to another.
That means that in a period of less than 2 years, Ike led the three largest amphibious invasions in the history of mankind.
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Well, if the Marines aren't supposed to do amphibious warfare and aren't supposed to do ground warfare, are they really needed any longer?
Just think of the vision of the airborne-amphibious gyro that, in the 1960s, seemed destined for everyone's garage by the end of the century.
The nine U.S. Navy ships include three guided missile cruisers, three frigates, an amphibious transport ship, two dock landing ships and a research vessel.
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