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U.S. Marines assigned to the 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct waterborne training with an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) traveling from shore to amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Willow Marshall) - U.S. Marines assigned to the 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct waterborne training with an Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) traveling from shore to amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Willow Marshall)

Marine Corps begins fielding Amphibious Combat Vehicle - Marines from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle new equipment training team complete an operator course in the vehicle in February 2019. Managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the ACV was approved for Initial Operational Capability on Nov. 13 and for Full-Rate Production on Dec. 8 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Tommy “TJ” Pittman, seated at the head of the table, reviews changes made to technical manuals during the logistics demonstration with Staff Sgt. Matthew Champlain, Gunnery Sgt. James Bruce, Staff Sgt. Justin Hanush and Staff Sgt. Josh Pena. Pittman served the amphibious assault community for nearly 50 years, first as an enlisted amphibious vehicle operator for 24 years, then as a logistician with the Advanced Amphibious Assault program office at Program Executive Officer Land Systems for another 24 years. Pittman retired from federal civil service in December 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - Tommy “TJ” Pittman, seated at the head of the table, reviews changes made to technical manuals during the logistics demonstration with Staff Sgt. Matthew Champlain, Gunnery Sgt. James Bruce, Staff Sgt. Justin Hanush and Staff Sgt. Josh Pena. Pittman served the amphibious assault community for nearly 50 years, first as an enlisted amphibious vehicle operator for 24 years, then as a logistician with the Advanced Amphibious Assault program office at Program Executive Officer Land Systems for another 24 years. Pittman retired from federal civil service in December 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Marines meet the makers of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle - Marines from the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion—slated to receive the first of the Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles—sign the side of an unfinished ACV at a manufacturing facility in York, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 16, 2019. Marines from 3rd AA Bn. received the rare opportunity to visit the ACV’s main production facility and meet with the workforce building the vehicle. (Courtesy Photo)

Fine-tuning the Corps’ ACV in preparation for IOT&E - Cpl. Patrick Canterbury reads off instructions from the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual while Cpl. Austin Boyd performs a maintenance task on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Logistics Demonstration aboard Camp Pendleton, California, on Sept. 11, 2019. Log Demo is designed to evaluate and correct, if needed, the maintenance and operational manuals for the ACV that will be eventually used by fleet Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Midshipmen selected for the the Program Executive Officer Land Systems 2019 Internship Program demonstrate work on developing a 3D-printed navigation board prototype for Marines. The program was established in 2013 as a way to introduce cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Military Academy and USNA to the world of Marine Corps acquisition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - Midshipmen selected for the Program Executive Officer Land Systems 2019 Internship Program demonstrate work on developing a 3D-printed navigation board prototype for Marines. The program was established in 2013 as a way to introduce cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Military Academy and USNA to the world of Marine Corps acquisition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

The Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle offers ‘significantly greater survivability, mobility’ than predecessor - Program Executive Officer Land Systems put the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 through high surf testing in December 2018 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The vehicle successfully navigated through waves measuring over six feet in height, meeting the ACV 1.2 anticipated requirements, and enabling the Marine Corps to combine the program into a singular ACV family of vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Marine Corps Systems Command awards contract to produce ACV - Marine Corps Systems Command awarded a contract to BAE Systems to produce and deliver the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Following a successful Milestone C decision by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, the contract options worth $198 million will allow BAE Systems to build 30 low rate production vehicles, which will start delivering in the fall of next year. (Courtesy photo)