{"id":10687,"date":"2015-06-18T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtoninstitute.org\/?p=10687"},"modified":"2015-06-18T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T19:50:00","slug":"the-marines-desperately-need-a-new-ship-to-shore-fighting-vehicle-from-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/the-marines-desperately-need-a-new-ship-to-shore-fighting-vehicle-from-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marines Desperately Need A New Ship-To-Shore Fighting Vehicle (From Forbes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Marine Corps is the world&#8217;s premier naval expeditionary force.\u00a0 But getting from ship to shore is a tricky task even when enemies aren&#8217;t shooting at you, and the Marines have to assume that in future wars they will be.\u00a0 So it has to be a matter of some concern that the amphibious tractors currently used to negotiate the last few miles of surf and then charge up onto the beach were first produced over four decades ago.\u00a0 A plan to replace them with something more agile fell through in 2011,\u00a0forcing the Marines\u00a0to start\u00a0over.\u00a0 The new effort is called the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, and it is the Corps&#8217; top development priority.\u00a0 It should be.\u00a0 The Marines need to have better protection and mobility in the force by 2020, because Nixon-era technology won&#8217;t be able to cope with littoral adversaries for much longer.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lorenthompson\/2015\/06\/18\/the-marines-desperately-need-a-new-ship-to-shore-fighting-vehicle\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Marine Corps is the world&#8217;s premier naval expeditionary force.\u00a0 But getting from ship to shore is a tricky task even when enemies aren&#8217;t shooting at you, and the Marines have to assume that in future wars they will be.\u00a0 So it has to be a matter of some concern that the amphibious tractors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Marines Desperately Need A New Ship-To-Shore Fighting Vehicle (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/the-marines-desperately-need-a-new-ship-to-shore-fighting-vehicle-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Marines Desperately Need A New Ship-To-Shore Fighting Vehicle (From Forbes) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Marine Corps is the world&#8217;s premier naval expeditionary force.\u00a0 But getting from ship to shore is a tricky task even when enemies aren&#8217;t shooting at you, and the Marines have to assume that in future wars they will be.\u00a0 So it has to be a matter of some concern that the amphibious tractors [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/the-marines-desperately-need-a-new-ship-to-shore-fighting-vehicle-from-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-18T19:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/lex_share.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Loren B. 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