Marine Corps Systems Command

 

By Dolly Rairigh Glass, Team Orlando Public Relations

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager Training Systems is working with the Army to develop a system of manned modules and workstations that allow tank units to train armor collective tasks at the platoon through battalion task force level.

The Army’s project manager for Combined Arms Tactical Trainers, Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation provided the M1A1-D Close Combat Tactical Trainer variants to the Marine Corps as government-furnished equipment, said Annette Pike, product manager for Collective Training Systems within PMTRASYS.

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By Jim Katzaman, MCSC Corporate Communications

A mix of small business, contract, program, engineering and logistics specialists from Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems have combined to win the 2012 Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Award for Small Business Team.

Dave Dawson, associate director of Small Business Programs, said the award came on the heels of the command’s meeting all of its DON small business targets for the first time for fiscal year 2012.

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By Bill Johnson-Miles, MCSC Corporate Communications

"We don't just admire the problem, we take steps to identify, correct and sustain equipment," said Col. Ed Mays, a guest speaker who provided the opening remarks at the Marine Corps Corrosion Prevention and Control 2013 Working Group. Mays is Marine Corps Systems Command's assistant commander for Acquisition Logistics and Product Support. He spoke to more than 50 people attending the CPAC Working Group hosted May 7-9 by MCSC at Quantico's Gray Research Center.

According to Bernard Friend, CPAC Program Operations and Sustainment, the working group is more than just discussion. They identify problems and challenges to corrosion prevention and control, and then take steps to make necessary corrections.

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By Carden Hedelt, MCSC Corporate Communications

Marine Corps System Command’s Brett Comer stood in front of a class of Quantico Middle/High School students during a science, technology, engineering and mathematics event and shared a valuable perk from his last job at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fl., that got the attention of every student within earshot.

“I rode every single ride, every single day,” Comer said. “No lines, either.”

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