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Assault Breaching Vehicle in testing at Aberdeen October 6, 2004 — A group of Marines were at the Army Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. on 22 September taking part in a Limited Users Evaluation as well as conducting tests and making improvements to the Marine Corps’ latest innovation in mechanized engineering capability, the Assault Breaching Vehicle, before it makes its way to the Fleet Marine Force MORE

Young Marines have big impact on assault breaching vehicle design September 22, 2004 — A team of young Marines from around the Corps is putting the Assault Breaching Vehicle (ABV) through final stages of limited user evaluations at the Army Test Center, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD, and helping to make final improvements to the vehicle before it is fielded next year. The ABV is a tracked, armored combat engineer vehicle MORE

Female Cammies To Arrive in January September 10, 2004 — With the scheduled fielding of additional sizes of combat utility uniforms in Jan. 2005, female Marines will be able to buy uniforms specifically designed with the woman warrior in mind. The Marine Corps has adopted six female-specific sized blouses and seven specific sized trousers. It’s expected that the new sizes will improve uniform fit and MORE

SECNAV PRESENTS MARCORSYSCOM WITH NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION July 29, 2004 — Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England visited Marine Corps Base Quantico Thursday, 29 July 2004 to present Marine Corps Systems Command with the Navy Unit Commendation for meritorious achievement in the performance of planning, acquisition and fielding of essential warfighting equipment and assets for Marine Corps Operating Forces in support of MORE

Marines on the ground will have an eye in the sky April 2, 2004 — Hot-air balloons were used to increase intelligence during the Civil War and 150 years later satellite imagery can do extraordinary things, but during that time very little has improved to help the situational awareness of the company commander on the ground. With the introduction of the Dragoneye Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, officially called the MORE

PM ICE product improvements recognize female Marines February 6, 2004 — Since 1918, when Pvt. Opha Mae Johnson officially became the first woman to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve, females have proudly answered the call to serve in the United States Marine Corps. From Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter's appointment as the first Director of Women Marine Reservists in 1943 to Colonel Katherine A. Towle's appointment as MORE

Future and present meet in unmanned ground vehicles December 3, 2003 — Science fiction movies have long used robots as a staple of their regular cast, but even now the Marine Corps is working on a machine that will operate forward of the front lines and provide scouting, flank security, direct attack and other tasks that will decrease risks for combat Marines. The Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or Gladiator, is MORE

Defense Travel System will save time, money, make travel less painful November 12, 2003 — Relief is on the way for any of you who have ever dreaded going on Temporary Additional Duty because of all the hassle involved with making the arrangements for travel. The Defense Travel System was conceived in 1995 as a web-based alternative to replace a system that the DoD Travel Reengineering Task Force concluded was fragmented, inefficient, MORE

Marine tactical computer to receive boost in power September 23, 2003 — Marines in the field will soon see new laptop computers that will allow them to better track friendly forces, process intelligence and imagery data, and stand up to the extreme environments in which deployed forces are required to operate. Recent lessons learned in Operation Iraqi Freedom demonstrated a need for more processing power, storage MORE

Marine Corps receives first Unit Operation Center August 20, 2003 — Marine Corps command and control operators will soon have an opportunity to evaluate a new capability as they begin to see the Unit Operations Centers that are now being delivered off the production line. BGen. William Catto, commanding general, Marine Corps Systems Command, and the UOC team received the first of 15 systems at a ceremony Aug. 15 at MORE

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