Marine Corps Systems Command

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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By Carden Hedelt, MCSC Corporate Communications

At the age of 24, Marine Corps Systems Command engineering intern Dennis Hollich has already traveled far and wide for his job, doing things other engineers his age would only dream of doing. He spent a few months in Panama City, Fl. He visited Hawaii, Thailand and The Philippines on one rotation, and Yuma, Ariz., on another. He has had these opportunities through the Navy internship program, now the Recent Graduates Program, at MCSC. Candidates spend two to two and a half years as paid interns and, upon meeting certain requirements, enter the workforce

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