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Marines meet the makers of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle - Marines from the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion—slated to receive the first of the Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles—sign the side of an unfinished ACV at a manufacturing facility in York, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 16, 2019. Marines from 3rd AA Bn. received the rare opportunity to visit the ACV’s main production facility and meet with the workforce building the vehicle. (Courtesy Photo)

Marines meet the makers of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle

Marines from the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion—slated to receive the first of the Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles—received the rare opportunity to visit the ACV’s main production facility and meet with the workforce building the vehicle.

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Next-generation bomb suit lightens load for warfighter - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Hamilton is assisted with donning an Explosive Ordnance Disposal-9 Advanced Bomb Suit—the legacy system—during an EOD lateral move screening at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Next-generation bomb suit lightens load for Marines

Fielding in 2020, the EOD Advanced Bomb Suit incorporates several 21st century, next-generation technological advancements intended to help EOD Marines withstand arduous conditions on the battlefield.

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A Marine Corps squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment uses the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld to communicate during the Island Marauder exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, on Sept. 24, 2019. Marines had the ability to use emerging command and control technologies, including an enhanced version of the MCH, during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - A Marine Corps squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment uses the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld to communicate during the Island Marauder exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, on Sept. 24, 2019. Marines had the ability to use emerging command and control technologies, including an enhanced version of the MCH, during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Island Marauder showcases emerging command and control capabilities on the tactical edge

In late September, a team of Marines, engineers and other subject matter experts converged upon Marine Corps Base Hawaii to execute Island Marauder 2019. Island Marauder is an annual technology demonstration jointly executed by Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Combat Development and Integration, Naval Information Warfare Center-Atlantic and III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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A SBIR success: smaller, lighter refrigerators to hit fleet in 2021 - HM1 Michael McNett discusses the medical refrigerator on display May 1 during a Limited Military User Assessment and Engineering Technical Review at the Gruntworks Squad Integration Facility aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command expanded an existing contract with Rini Technologies, Inc. to procure lighter, more compact medical refrigeration units that will replace the legacy system. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

A SBIR success: smaller, lighter refrigerators to hit fleet in 2021

On Sept. 20, Marine Corps Systems Command expanded an existing contract with Rini Technologies, Inc. to procure additional medical refrigeration units for use on the battlefield.

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Fine-tuning the Corps’ ACV in preparation for IOT&E - Cpl. Patrick Canterbury reads off instructions from the Interactive Electronic Technical Manual while Cpl. Austin Boyd performs a maintenance task on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle during the Logistics Demonstration aboard Camp Pendleton, California, on Sept. 11, 2019. Log Demo is designed to evaluate and correct, if needed, the maintenance and operational manuals for the ACV that will be eventually used by fleet Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)