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Marine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM

Marine Corps Confirms Testing With Army Vessel That Will Be Basis Of New First Draft Of LSM
U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean on March 9, 2024. (Photo: U.S Central Command)

A Marine Corps unit that the Pentagon plans to ultimately deploy with the Landing Ship Medium (LSM) confirmed to reporters it has tested with an Army watercraft set to be the base design for the first revised LSM. In the past two years while Lt. Col. Kevin Wheeler, logistics officer for the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR), has been with the unit, “we've done extensive work with U.S. Army and Theater Sustainment Command. They employ Besson-class Logistics Support Vessels. They…

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