Breaking new ground: Corps’ wargaming center ready for construction - (Left to right) Rear Adm. John Korka, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Lt. Gen Eric Smith, deputy commandant, Marine Corps Combat Development & Integration; Lt. Gen John Jansen, deputy commandant, Marine Corps Programs and Resources; Joe Hogan, president, Clark Construction; and Abbe Little, vice president, Wiley & Wilson architecture, break ground on the Marine Corps Wargaming and Analysis Center May 12 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The state-of-the-art facility will enable the Marine Corps to better visualize the threat environment, gain competitive advantages and simulate future operating environments. Marine Corps Systems Command will provide acquisition support for the facility throughout its lifecycle. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Matt Gonzales)

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)

MCSC leverages small business technologies to support the warfighter - Two corpsmen observing a demonstration of the Expeditionary Portable Oxygen Generation System, a lightweight, mobile capability that provides medical-grade oxygen to the fleet, May 14, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. In May, MCSC’s Small Business Innovation Research program held a weeklong Limited Military User Assessment for Marines, Corpsmen and other stakeholders to provide feedback on various technologies in development. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Tonya Smith)

MCSC modernizing communication gear to enhance electronic warfare - Lance Cpl. Nathan M. Sorenson, a data systems administrator with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, tests the connectivity of the Networking On-the-Move Airborne communications system during flight operations from the amphibious assault ship, USS America. Over the past few years, Marine Corps Systems Command has begun acquiring new, cutting-edge communication technology to support future battlefield objectives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brienna Tuck)

MCSC supports Air Force-led effort to safely transport COVID-19 patients - Representatives from the Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and Navy gather inside a prototype Negatively Pressurized CONEX, April 30, 2020, aboard Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. In 2020, Marine Corps Systems Command assisted in an Air Force-led effort to design and acquire the transportation system intended to support patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo)

MCTSSA hosts distinguished visitors - Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity hosted two dozen distinguished visitors for a day-long familiarization event April 6, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.