The Marine Corps' replacement for the Humvee is ready for action

The Marine Corps' new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle has reached initial operational capacity and is ready for combat.

Marine Corps Systems Command says the vehicle ready to deploy and support missions around the world.

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Nearly six months after Marines first got their hands on the Pentagon's next battlewagon, the Corps says its brand new tactical vehicle is ready for a fight.

The service's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, has hit initial operational capacity, Marine Corps Systems Command announced on Monday, declaring the vehicle ready to deploy and “support missions of the naval expeditionary force-in-readiness” around the world.

“IOC is more than just saying that the schoolhouses and an infantry battalion all have their trucks,” said Eugene Morin, product manager for JLTV at PEO Land Systems, said the MARCORSYSCOM release. “All of the tools and parts required to support the system need to be in place, the units must have had received sufficient training and each unit commander needs to declare that he is combat-ready.”