News

Marines 3D print a rocket headcap for mine-clearing missions - Marine Corps Systems Command representatives load a 3D-printed headcap onto an M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge rocket May 19 during a testing event in Yuma, Arizona. MCSC successfully developed and tested the headcap to support the Marine Corps’ mine-clearing missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Staff Sgt. Kyle Owens, a motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, shows the wire housing found inside a steering wheel column of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2021. Owens designed a tool that prevents damage to the truck while removing the steering wheel. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell has made the tool available to Marines worldwide through additive manufacturing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michele Hunt) - Staff Sgt. Kyle Owens, a motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, shows the wire housing found inside a steering wheel column of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2021. Owens designed a tool that prevents damage to the truck while removing the steering wheel. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell has made the tool available to Marines worldwide through additive manufacturing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michele Hunt)

Corps’ advanced manufacturing training transitions to MCSC - inside for a battle royal at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018. Marine Corps Systems Command created the Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell in response to the transition of advanced manufacturing training—including Marine Maker course—from Next Generation Logistics to MCSC. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Sorci)

A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck) - A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

3D-printed impeller enhances readiness of Corps’ main battle tank - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Charles Matte, a machinist with 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, mills an impeller fan on a computer numerically controlled lathe machine aboard Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 17, 2017. In January 2019, Marine Corps Systems Command reviewed the results of 3D printed impellers with over 100-hours of use on Abrams tanks, confirming that a 3D-printed impeller can be a reliable alternative to the original part. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Sorci)

AMOC gives Marines 24/7 additive manufacturing assistance - U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa observe a 3D printer during an Additive Manufacturing course at Morón Air Base, Spain, June 27, 2018. Marines now have 24/7 access to additive manufacturing assistance with the establishment of the Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell at Marine Corps Systems Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Britni M. Garcia Green)

Bringing innovation to fruition: Marines 3D print 1st reinforced concrete bridge in western hemisphere - A Marine with 1st Marine Logistics Group walks across a concrete footbridge during a 3D concrete printing exercise Dec. 12, at Camp Pendleton, California. Working with Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell and the Army Corps of Engineers, the 1st MLG used the Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures—or ACES—printer to conduct 3D concrete printing of the bridge and evaluate emerging technology for future application in Marine Corps engineering operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Elizabeth Flanary)