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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

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

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