Marine Corps Installations West

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive new Amphibious Combat Vehicles along the beach during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18, 2019. The test was designed to assess and verify how well Marines can interface with the vehicle and operate at night. The ACV is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier designed to fully replace the Corps’ aging fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Anthony Alvarez)

On this day in history, Jan. 16, 1991, President George H. W. Bush ordered an attack on enemy forces in Iraq and Kuwait. The order signified the end of Operation Desert Shield and the beginning of Operation Desert Storm when American troops, as part of an international coalition, began an extensive aerial bombing campaign to end Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait. (U.S. Marine Corps graphic by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)