MV Westpac Express in Marine Corps service, offers a high speed transportation alternative.Marines Charge Ahead on HSVs -- New Wars
I enjoyed the discussion we had recently on high speed vessels, especially within the post “Army Leads in Amphibious Techniques“. Within the comments there was this little tidbit from small boats expert Lee Wahler:
Mike the JHSVs are meant to discharge at austere ports – once again a term of art not a beach meaning alongside a pier without facilities. The dirty little secret is that the HSV WestPac Express has been discharging to several beaches prepared by the Marines since it entered service more than SEVEN years ago. But beaching is NOT a Joint rqmt its a “service-unique” one so guess what not in JHSV specs.
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