Own the night: How new night vision tech will help Marines dominate in the dark
By: Shawn Snow
June 17 at 11:56 PM
A 15-Marine rifle squad dispatched to an island in the Pacific moves under the cover of darkness aided by new binocular night vision devices.
The Marines have just destroyed an enemy communications relay and are headed to a landing zone for extraction.
MV-22 Ospreys escorted by fighter aircraft are inbound to exfil the Marines.
The squad pauses and sets security in a tree line near a large clearing that’s wide enough for an Osprey to land.
As the Ospreys near, a tactical air controller with the Marines steps out of the tree line with an infrared chemlight fastened to a small rope and spins it in a circular motion. The Marine is signaling the approaching aircraft of the squad’s position and the landing zone.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/06/19/own-the-night-how-new-night-vision-tech-will-help-marines-dominate-in-the-dark/
