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Participants prepare to launch their makeshift boats during the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch’s inaugural bathtub boat race Nov. 21 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Seven teams assigned to the AVTB, a subordinate unit of Marine Corps Systems Command, were challenged to build boats out of scavenged and recycled materials. - Participants prepare to launch their makeshift boats during the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch’s inaugural bathtub boat race Nov. 21 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Seven teams assigned to the AVTB, a subordinate unit of Marine Corps Systems Command, were challenged to build boats out of scavenged and recycled materials.

Marine engineers get creative in inaugural bathtub race

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch was the venue for some resourceful marine engineering during its inaugural bathtub race. The bathtub race—spearheaded by AVTB’s Operations Officer Wil Wright to generate creativity and healthy competition among the branch’s seven sections—required each of AVTB’s sections to design and build a makeshift boat from scratch.

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