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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)

MCSC teams with Marines to build world’s first continuous 3D-printed concrete barracks - Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force monitor the computer while the world's largest concrete 3D printer constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Champaign, Illinois. Marine Corps Systems Command conducted the field user evaluation in mid-August to inform future requirements for cutting-edge technology and autonomous systems. (Courtesy photo)

Sgt. Ndubisi Ejiofor (left) and Sgt. Eryca Salas from the I Marine Expeditionary Force Civil Affairs Unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., use smart phones equipped with the Marine Civil Information Management System during a training scenario that simulated a catastrophic typhoon disaster. MCSC developed MARCIMS to allow Marine civil affair teams to collect and upload information on the availability of medical, water, sewer or other facilities needed to execute relief or other civil operations. - Sgt. Ndubisi Ejiofor (left) and Sgt. Eryca Salas from the I Marine Expeditionary Force Civil Affairs Unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., use smart phones equipped with the Marine Civil Information Management System during a training scenario that simulated a catastrophic typhoon disaster. MCSC developed MARCIMS to allow Marine civil affair teams to collect and upload information on the availability of medical, water, sewer or other facilities needed to execute relief or other civil operations.