MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - A chase boat follows the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector as it embarks on its first mission to the USS Rushmore off the coast of Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The AWE is the culmination of a decade of progressive experimentation conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) where they are testing potential future technologies, concepts, and solutions to future Marine Air Ground Task Force challenges. The AWE is taking part during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exerci
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - A chase boat follows the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector as it embarks on its first mission to the USS Rushmore off the coast of Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11, during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The AWE is the culmination of a decade of progressive experimentation conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) where they are testing potential future technologies, concepts, and solutions to future Marine Air Ground Task Force challenges. The AWE is taking part during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014, the world's largest international maritime exercise. The UHAC prototype is a ship-to-shore connector and is half the size of the intended machine. The UHAC prototype is a ship-to-shore connector and is half the size of the intended machine. The UHAC uses a track system with floatation-like pads that propels itself through the water and across different terrain. For its first mission, the UHAC paddled two miles off the coast to the USS Rushmore where it loaded up an internally transportable vehicle (ITV) before disembarking and returning to MCTAB to offload its cargo. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Bragg) Huge paddle boat makes ship-to-shore connection 140711-M-DP650-003
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