In April 2019,  the administrators of U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii decided that it was time to renovate the base, which was code for getting rid of the old Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel-5 ‘Gate Guard’.  Various renovation projects on MCBHawaii have been ongoing for more than a decade.

Video and photos by Corporal Brendan Custer.

Time lapse video of the taxpayer funded LVTP-5 chop-up:

There has yet to be a public explanation why the LVTP-5 wasn’t renovated itself, instead of being turned into scrap metal.

Vehicle I-D: USMC SNO-CATS FLEE SLINK FIRE

LAST RIDE FOR USMC 1ST, 2ND & 4TH TANK

Vehicle I-D: AAV7 VIDEO-FEST

 

U.S. MARINES USE ‘FAKE NEWS’ MIG-23

Hurricane Dorian: HOW TO EVACUATE THOUSANDS OF U.S. MARINES

Endemic Violence: GHOSTS OF MY FATHER & GRANDFATHER! “…because that’s how a Marine is made. Or is it?  Is it possible that the United States Marine Corps attracts people who are already violent?”