{"id":43680,"date":"2022-01-11T19:59:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/11\/new-in-2022-marine-corps-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-at-a-crossroad\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:49:27","slug":"new-in-2022-marine-corps-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-at-a-crossroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/01\/11\/new-in-2022-marine-corps-light-armored-reconnaissance-is-at-a-crossroad\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2022: Marine Corps light armored reconnaissance is at a crossroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Marine Corps light armored reconnaissance community is at a crossroads as the vehicle-driven force faces new challenges in a more austere, logistics-strapped terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has stressed the importance of reconnaissance<\/a> and counter-reconnaissance capabilities for nearly all of the force, one of the key pieces of that puzzle remains in limbo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berger\u2019s force design vision that puts the Marines hip-to-hip with the Navy envisions a reconnaissance force that\u2019s \u201cwinning the hider\/finder competition\u201d in a potential sensor-driven fight with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But light armored reconnaissance Marines are still waiting for a new vehicle dubbed the ad<\/a>vanced reconnaissance vehicle<\/a>, or ARV, which has been talked about for more than a decade but remains a drawing board concept in limited budget days. And those Marines are shouldering their mission with a platform that dates back to before many of them were born \u2014 the light armored vehicle, which first rolled off the line in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\t