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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos Granados, the sergeant major of Assault Amphibian School, delivers remarks during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos Granados, the sergeant major of Assault Amphibian School, delivers remarks during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School prepare ammunition for an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School prepare ammunition for an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School prepare for an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1.50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School prepare for an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1.50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Bangs Jr., an instructor with Assault Amphibian School reloads an MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Bangs Jr., an instructor with Assault Amphibian School reloads an MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

An M2A1 machine gun is positioned during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

An M2A1 machine gun is positioned during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

An M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun fires during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

An M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun fires during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

M2A1 .50-caliber ammunition shells fall into a dump pouch during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

M2A1 .50-caliber ammunition shells fall into a dump pouch during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, Assault Amphibian School students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Coker, an instructor with Assault Amphibian School replaces the barrel of a M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Coker, an instructor with Assault Amphibian School replaces the barrel of a M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School reload MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launchers and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine guns during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School reload MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launchers and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine guns during an amphibious combat vehicle gunnery field exercise at Range 407 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 26, 2024. For the gunnery field exercise, AAS students learned to fire the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher and the M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun utilizing the common remotely operated weapons systems. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

An Amphibious Combat Vehicle is staged during a Basic Land Driving Course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

An Amphibious Combat Vehicle is staged during a Basic Land Driving Course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School operate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School operate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School operate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School operate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

U.S. Marines with Assault Amphibian School ground guide an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during a Basic Land Driving course at Fire Base Gloria at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. ACV crewmember students must successfully complete this 80-day course as part of their required certifications to operate the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts