Amphibious Combat Vehicle Basic Crewmember Course

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Assault Amphibian School
Camp Pendleton, California

Amphibious Combat Vehicle Basic Crewmember Course (ACV-BC) provides students the foundational skills and safety precautions necessary to operate the ACV on land and water, and to serve as a member of an ACV crew. Students learn how to maintain an ACV and associated equipment (weapons, communications suite, SL-3, and logbook) and how to operate an ACV on land, to include introductory troubleshooting and self-recovery. Students will also be able to operate an ACV in the water and know how to execute emergency procedures afloat. Additionally, students learn how to operate and employ the M2 Caliber .50 and MK-19, 40mm machine guns from the ACV Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS). Graduates of this course will be able to perform duties within an ACV crew in both garrison and expeditionary environments. Students must have a swim qualification of Water Survival Intermediate (WSI), and successfully pass the MOS specific physical standards (MSPS) test to graduate.

The Amphibious Combat Vehicle Basic Crewmember Course (ACV-BC) is designed to provide foundational skills to the ACV crewmember that enable them to operate an ACV on land and water, and to function as a member of an ACV crew. Areas of instruction will focus on: ACV fundamentals and safety, preventive maintenance, land operations, water operations, ACV gunnery, communications, and mechanized tactics. Students must be qualified Water Survival Intermediate (WSI), Submerged Vehicle Egress Trainer (SVET), meet prescribed MOS specific performance standards (MSPS), and demonstrate mastery of all instructional areas via written and performance examinations to meet license and graduation criteria.