Navy-Marine Amphibious Video Draws Praise After Maduro Capture




Posted January 5 by Wall Street Apes, the over-one-minute clip shows a Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicle launching amid carrier operations, racking up over 2 million views and 53,000 likes. It resurfaced days after U.S. Delta Force operators captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas on January 3, exfiltrating them via Navy vessel following EA-18G Growler missions that mapped Venezuelan defenses. Viewers mixed awe at the military might with clarifications that these are amphibious personnel carriers, not tanks, highlighting U.S. Navy and Marine capabilities in the Caribbean.