This footage is archival footage showing a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaching the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) during routine operations in the Eastern Pacific. Within Western doctrine, the LCAC is not about spectacle or intimidation. It is a logistics and maneuver platform designed to compress time and distance between sea and shore. By bypassing ports and prepared beaches, LCACs enable NATO and U.S. forces to sustain tempo, flexibility, and operational surprise

229K views · 4.8K reactions | This is the state-of-the-art hovercraft known as the LCAC, or “Landing Craft Air Cushion”. A class of air-cushion vehicle used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They can carry up to 75 tonnes of equipment over 20 miles. Their moto is “No Beach Out of Reach”. Reaf more https://wp.me/p3avY4-2qd | Military Leak | Facebook

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ACVs Deploy From LCAC — Marines Move Out Description: Amphibious Combat Vehicles roll off the LCAC and into position as Marines secure the beachhead. Steel Knight tests how quickly armor and infantry can transition from sea to maneuver operations on land — proving the Marine Corps’ ability to fight immediately after arrival. Credit – DVIDS #Marines #ACV #LCAC #SteelKnight #AmphibiousAssault #ForceProjection #CombatVehicles #MilitaryTraining #USMilitary #reels #fbreels | USA Military Force

337 reactions · 27 shares | : LCACs, or Landing Craft Air Cushion, are high-speed hovercraft used primarily by the U.S. Navy for amphibious operations. These air-cushioned vehicles are designed to transport troops, weapons, equipment, and cargo from ships to shorelines—and even across beaches—at rapid speeds, making them a key asset in Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) assaults. | Kagan.Dunlap | Facebook

45K views · 318 reactions | The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushion vehicle (hovercraft) used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units. | War History Online | Facebook