Chuckman
Senior Member
4th amphib assault battalion switching from amtracs to RIBs/boats. This makes sense; we have not had to compete for a contested beach since the Korean war, but still needs craft to get Marines ashore and into littoral areas more efficiently.
Marine Reserve eyes small boats for nimble littoral operations
The boats the Reserve is looking at are in the rigid inflatable boat family.
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