Limited Objective Experiment 4 Will Use Surrogates For EFV And V-22

/ June 14, 2010 at 5:00 AM
While the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle won't be available for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's Limited Objective Experiment 4 in Hawaii later this month, the lab's director says that it will adjust their use of legacy amphibious platforms to reflect EFV-like operation profiles. Brig. Gen. Robert Hedelund said that LOE 4 will use Assault Amphibious Vehicles, air-cushioned landing craft (LCACs) and mechanized landing craft (LCM-8s) in place of EFVs, but will use them in ways called for by plans for ship-to-objective...

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