Shawn Snow

Early Bird Editor

Shawn Snow is the senior reporter for Marine Corps Times and a Marine Corps veteran.

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ACV to get Stryker variant of 30mm cannon

“BAE has also informed the Marine Corps that the MCT-30 version for the Marine Corps will be a lighter weight version of the Stryker system and use the Mk44 gun which is common with US Navy applications instead of the XM813 gun used on Stryker."

4 years ago

Special operators will be countering violent extremists for the ‘long haul’

The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos.

4 years ago

No tanks, but the Corps is still looking for an LAV replacement

Prototypes from two vendors should be ready for evaluations by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Major maritime exercise in the Baltic region could be scaled back over COVID-19

“With each passing second of the day we are taking a look at each and every one of our activities to make sure that we can potentially preserver as many as possible."

F-22s intercept Russian maritime recon aircraft near Alaska

“COVID-19 or not, NORAD continues actively watching for threats and defending the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year."

The Corps says combat is ‘too serious to be gamefied,’ but some recruiters are plugging into the virtual world

“There’s this stigma about that you’re just home alone in your basement playing games all the time — a sedentary lifestyle running on hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew, but that’s not reality."

Marine Raiders adjust training, add online courses to weather COVID-19

“The ITC schedule has been restructured to ensure the safety and health of the two classes currently undergoing training. Some of the in-class material has been shifted to online learning, to include parts of the Basic Language Course."

Top Marine says Light Armored Reconnaissance is outmoded on future battlefield

“Light Armored Reconnaissance today is built great for another Desert Shield, Desert Storm,” Berger said Wednesday. “I don’t see that likelihood as being very great.”

All 1st Marine Division units will train at their home station, no more Twentynine Palms trips for now

“As we navigate the COVID-19 health crisis, we must strike a balance between maintaining our operational readiness and implementing the necessary health precautions to preserve our combat power and protect our communities."

The Marines want to get rid of their tanks. Here’s why.

“We have sufficient evidence to conclude that this capability [tanks], despite its long and honorable history in the wars of the past, is operationally unsuitable for our highest-priority challenges in the future,” the report said about the divestment of Marine tanks.

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