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Introducing Capt. Billy Barefoot: The Devil Dog of Wall Street - Capt. Billy Barefoot is pictured above at the 2023 MCA Acquisition Awards Dinner in Alexandria, Va., where he served as the evening’s awards narrator. The yearly dinner is a joint MCSC-MCA effort that provides a formal venue to recognize the professional achievements of the top performers in Marine Corps Acquisition. (Marine Corps photo by Jim Van Meer)

MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND BEGINS FIELDING CUTTING-EDGE ULTRA LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE - The ULTV is a modular, off-road, utility vehicle which can be configured to provide logistical support to the FMF, perform casualty evacuation, command and control, and electronic warfare missions. (Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo.)

11th MEU Command Element conducts Deployable Groups System Integration Testing Exercise - 11th MEU Command Element conducts Deployable Groups System Integration Testing Exercise

Shifting Gears: How the Marine Corps is Reinventing its Tactical Vehicle Fleet - Serving as the backbone of the Corps' tactical vehicle fleet for two decades, the MTVR (Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement) is the Marine Corps' primary heavy tactical vehicle used for transporting troops, supplies, and equipment in a variety of terrain and environmental conditions. Designed to increase the warfighter’s lethality on the battlefield, the MTVR has proven to be a highly reliable, versatile, and durable vehicle that can operate in extreme conditions and has been used in a wide range of missions, including logistics support, disaster relief, and combat operations.

Navigating Modern Warzones with ENFIRE 9.0 - The Instrument Set, Reconnaissance, and Surveying toolset – or ENFIRE 9.0 – is a tactical engineering tool kit designed to modernize the collection and dissemination of engineer information to help route reconnaissance in combat. In a wartime environment, Marines can use the toolkit to gather and analyze location-based data, such as topography, terrain features, and structures, to plan and execute operations more effectively.

Award-Winning CHAOS Team Harnesses Data to Drive Cyber Innovations - Marine Corps Systems Command has teamed up with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to field Big Data Platform Cyber Hunt & Analytic Operations System, also known as BDP-CHAOS, a system capable of ingesting hundreds of new data flows and developing situational awareness and common operating pictures for the Joint Cyber Force.

Fielding the Radios of the Future with MARCORSYSCOM - A Marine Corps radio operator programs a PRC-152 multiband handheld radio during a blackout communication exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 29, 2020. Expected in the field by 2024, the Corps’ new handheld multichannel radios will provide the Fleet Marine Force with an enhanced capability that increases resiliency and survivability through network interoperability during missions involving both ground and vehicular based forces.

U.S. Marines with 1st Landing Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force work with Airmen from the 22nd Airlift Squadron, 60th Operations Group, 60th Air Mobility Wing to on-load a MAC 50 all-terrain crane onto a C5-M Super Galaxy at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 30, 2022. Marine Corps Systems Command has been modernizing the legacy cranes as part of a Service Life Extension Program, which includes upgraded controls and overhauled engines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric LaClair) - U.S. Marines with 1st Landing Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force work with Airmen from the 22nd Airlift Squadron, 60th Operations Group, 60th Air Mobility Wing to on-load a MAC 50 all-terrain crane onto a C5-M Super Galaxy at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 30, 2022. Marine Corps Systems Command has been modernizing the legacy cranes as part of a Service Life Extension Program, which includes upgraded controls and overhauled engines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric LaClair)