US Military Tactical Vehicle Revolution 

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The US Marine Corps is modernizing its tactical vehicle fleet. New Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will soon deploy and support missions of the naval expeditionary force-in-readiness worldwide. Marine Corps program has reached initial operational capability, nearly a year ahead of schedule.

The JLTV, a program led by the Army, will fully replace the Corps’ aging High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet. 

The JLTV family of vehicles comes in different variants with multiple mission package configurations, all providing protected, sustained, networked mobility that balances payload, performance and protection across the full range of military operations.

It is still left to ensure all the operators were fully trained and maintenance tools and spare parts packages were ready, according to marcorsyscom.marines.mil.

It is a super-rugged light truck designed to safely perform missions such as tactical mobility, medical evacuation, command and control, reconnaissance, firepower, logistics, and more.

It’s not just that JLTV can easily negotiate any type of terrain and is more reliable than any comparable vehicle, but it can take a hit from enemy small arms, machine guns or rockets and keep fighting, as reported by forbes.com. 

Program Manager Andrew Rodgers is quick to note that, although the team has reached IOC, this is really only the beginning of the JLTV’s future legacy.

“We are really at the starting line right now. Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will see JLTVs in the DOD,” said Rodgers. “We’ll easily still have these assets somewhere in the DOD in the year 2100. Welcome to the start of many generations of JLTVs.”