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EFSS deploys to the Mideast May 17, 2012 — Marines with India Battery, the artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed to the Mideast recently, where they fired their 120 mm towed mortars. These weapons are part of the Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS), which is managed by Marine Corps Systems Command's MORE

Marine Corps, Army authorizes production of new helmets March 14, 2012 — The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army have authorized an initial production run of up to 8,600 Enhanced Combat Helmets (ECH). Ceradyne, Inc., the California-based manufacturer of the ECH, will soon begin production of the first phase of the order: 4,000 helmets to be divided equally between the Marine Corps and the Army. Depending on when the Full MORE

Acquisition and technical communities team up February 16, 2012 — Sept. 11, 2011, marked the 10th anniversary of the attack by Al Qaeda terrorists on the United States. Since that event, Marines have been at war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today, in Central Command, there are 23,000 Marines deployed and fighting as a result of those attacks. As the acquisition agent for the Marine Corps, MCSC equips and sustains MORE

MRAP JPO takes home inaugural vehicle award February 16, 2012 — After the Allies landed at Normandy on D-Day during World War II, keeping the front line well supplied was vital to maintaining the foothold that the Allied Forces had fought so hard to win in the first place. Due to damaged French rail lines, the only way to move supplies was by convoy. Called the Red Ball Express, the convoy employed nearly 6,000 MORE

MCSC and PEO LS schedule APBI December 28, 2011 — Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems conduct an Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry (APBI) every two years, and the next event is scheduled to take place April 30 through May 2, 2012, at the Marriott Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Va. This APBI is the only exposition and conference focused solely on Marine Corps MORE

MCSC loses team member in Afghanistan December 15, 2011 — Marine Corps Systems Command was notified Dec. 15 that Major Sam Griffith was killed in action in Afghanistan. Griffith was a member of the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. As a Marine reservist, he was additionally employed by Stauder Technologies. Stauder Technologies is the Prime Integrator for Target Location Designation Handoff System MORE

Feedback needed from all Marines associated with IDD program December 12, 2011 — The Marines Corps needs feedback from Marines who have worked with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Detector Dogs. The Program Manager (PM) for Marine Corps Systems Command’s IED Detector Dog (IDD) office requests that all Marines who have supported the IDD program, active duty and no longer serving, participate in an official Office of Naval MORE

MCSC needs input from Marines on FR gloves July 27, 2011 — How do Marines feel about the gloves they wear into combat? Marines Corps Systems Command (MCSC) wants to know. That's why MCSC's Program Manager (PM) for Infantry Combat Equipment (ICE) is sponsoring an Internet survey on Flame Resistant Organizational Gear (FROG) gloves.All active duty and reserve Marines who were or are deployed to Iraq MORE

MCSC exhibits equipment and systems in the ‘Show Me’ state June 23, 2011 — The spirit of St. Louis was alive and well in June as tens of thousands of spectators came out to various locations throughout the city to meet America's Marine Corps. They tested the latest Marine Corps technology; climbed aboard state-of-the-art Marine vehicles and aircraft; and experienced the full strength of the Corps' capabilities during MORE

MCSC demonstrates Robotic Moving Target System June 16, 2011 — In a Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) live-fire demonstration June 16 at Range 14f aboard Quantico, Marines demonstrated the Robotic Moving Target System (R-MTS), made by Australia-based Marathon Robotics Corporation, in the final phase of its foreign comparative test and evaluation.This test was born out of a universal needs statement that MORE

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