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Micro Tactical Ground Robot (MTGR) Fielding - Micro Tactical Ground Robot (MTGR) Fielding

Next-generation robot helps Marines explore dangerous areas - Capt. Andrew DeLannoy, EOD team project officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Ultra-Light Robot July 3, in Stafford, Virginia. The Corps is in the process of fielding the Ultra-Light Robot—a small, mobile robot system that enables explosive ordnance disposal Marines to manage or destroy improvised explosive devices or to conduct various other reconnaissance activities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Sgt. Trenton Hansen, a Special Reaction Team member from the Marine Corps Base Quantico Provost Marshals Office, uses a Military Enhancement Kit to breach open a door. The MEK provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments, including the collapsible buttstock featured in this photo. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews) - Sgt. Trenton Hansen, a Special Reaction Team member from the Marine Corps Base Quantico Provost Marshals Office, uses a Military Enhancement Kit to breach open a door. The MEK provides versatile capabilities to Marine units trained to engage on breaching missions. The kit builds upon the Mossberg M500A2, but gives Marines a shorter, vented breaching barrel and three interchangeable buttstock attachments, including the collapsible buttstock featured in this photo. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Alan Matthews)

Marines from explosive ordinance disposal units located in Maryland and Virginia test the improved Remote Fuze Disassembly System, or RFDS, on the system’s newly designed training course in order to provide feedback. The RFDS is a disassembly system that defuses ordnance from a safer distance than ever before. - Marines from explosive ordinance disposal units located in Maryland and Virginia test the improved Remote Fuze Disassembly System, or RFDS, on the system’s newly designed training course in order to provide feedback. The RFDS is a disassembly system that defuses ordnance from a safer distance than ever before.