Marine Corps Systems Command’s Fuel and Water Team recently initiated efforts to develop the Expeditionary Fuel Dispensing System, which provides increased battlefield flexibility to Marines. Also known as EFDS, the new program of record reconfigures capabilities existent in legacy fuel systems, such as the Amphibious Assault Fuel System – AAFS -- and the Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System – TAFDS -- into smaller, more agile expedient capabilities.
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Marine Corps Systems Command recently launched the Technical Management and Analysis Directorate – or TMAD – in a drive to modernize the Marine Corps Enterprise Network, or MCEN. The MCEN is an interconnected “network-of-networks” that links service personnel, architecture, processes, physical and logical topology, and cyber operations. In line with the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger’s Planning Guidance – which underscores the need for enterprise IT engineering and the fundamental importance of meeting peer competitors on a complex future battlefield – the move further supports the commandant’s Force Design 2030 goals.
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This summer, Mr. Stephen Bowdren was appointed the Program Executive Officer for Land Systems. PEO LS, the Marine Corps’ only Program Executive Office, is located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. In his new role, Bowdren leads a team of Marines and civilian Marine acquisition professionals who are developing, delivering and sustaining nearly $8 billion in lethal capabilities across five program offices for the world’s preeminent fighting force – the United States Marine Corps.
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The anticipation was palpable as a crowd of Marines, civilians and family members gathered at the end of gravel path at Marine Corps Base Quantico’s 395-acre Transportation Demonstration Support Area, eagerly waiting to greet former Marine Corps Systems Command chief of staff Col. Kirk D. Mullins as he completed his final journey as a U.S. Marine: a 20-mile hike to symbolize his 31 years of service.
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