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Marines will soon have a new weapon for riverine operations August 20, 2003 — The Small Unit Riverine Craft was approved for full production in early August and that means Marines will soon be seeing the replacement for the old Rigid Raiding Craft that have been in use since the mid-1980s. The primary mission of the craft is to provide tactical mobility and a limited weapons platform for the Ground Combat Element of a Marine MORE

New Pack chosen to replace MOLLE, seeking name July 29, 2003 — A new pack should soon bring a smile to the face of Marine Corps infantrymen after months of field assessment by units from around the Corps. Two commercial off-the-shelf models and the latest version of MOLLE were the load-bearing systems evaluated in the selection process that lasted from January to June of 2003 and included Marines who fought in MORE

New packs begin field-testing on backs of Marines June 30, 2003 — Marines from infantry units across the Marine Corps will soon be going to the field with a new pack to see if it will measure up to their expectations. The effort that began last summer with the online load bearing survey has culminated with two pack designs for further evaluation in the first half of 2003. One pack was designed by Gregory Mountain MORE

New armor saves lives in Iraq June 10, 2003 — Sometimes real life catches up to fiction and in the case of the armor plates used by Marines in Iraq, it may even pass it by. It may not look like the armor used by warriors in the many science fiction films we see, but the Small Arms Protective Inserts did their job my stopping small arms fire that would have certainly wounded and killed Marines MORE

Acquisition awards reward excellence and innovation May 27, 2003 — Andrew J. Higgins built a boat in 1926 for trappers and oil drillers who worked the bayous of Louisiana and later offered it to the Navy Bureau of Ships. The boat could operate in very shallow water and run up on riverbanks and then retracted again. Not until the Marine Corps Equipment Board took an interest in the design did anyone see the MORE

Key leaders meet to view present and future communications assets April 25, 2003 — Key Marine decision makers met in April to view a demonstration of the Data Automated Communications Terminal and discuss the future of Marine Corps communications technology used by the Ground Combat Element. The purpose of the demonstration was to educate the key decision makers on the current command and control, communications and computer MORE

Marines from across the country qualify for Cross Country World Championship February 20, 2003 — Three Marine runners from around the country qualified Feb. 15-16 in Houston, Texas, for the Armed Forces World Cross Country Championship Two men and one woman from three different locations ran well enough to earn a trip to France for the CISM Armed Forces World Cross Country Championship. The first race up for the men was the short-course 4K MORE

New high-tech PT gear, female uniform items highlight December Uniform Board December 2, 2002 — The Marine Corps Uniform Board will soon meet to consider changes to female uniforms, newer high-tech PT gear and the guidelines for appropriate wear of Marine Corps Emblems. "Uniform Board #205 deals with a variety of issues, from recommendations from the Women's Uniform Symposium to clothing prototypes developed by Marine Corps Systems Command," MORE

Risk management identifies problems, offers solutions in artillery field November 13, 2002 — Often when Marines hear about operational risk management, it is in response to a rash of problems or accidents. This year the Systems Command Fire Support Systems program was able to successfully apply the risk management model to identify the causes of two accidents and more importantly, suggested solutions to prevent further accidents. In MORE

Marine artist first enlisted to paint uniform plate November 8, 2002 — Sgt. John Carrillo, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, was one of many Marines who sent in his work, hoping to be chosen as the artist who would paint the next entry into Marine uniform history. Uniform plates, named for the old style of printing used in the 1800's, have long been a historical record of the uniforms that Marines have worn MORE

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