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Sgt. Michael Cummins, an Amphibious Assault Vehicle crew chief with Amphibious Assault Platoon at The Basic School, looks through the sight of an M-16 in the human factors lab at Gruntworks. Gruntworks serves as a “workshop” for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, or MERS, team to test existing and emerging equipment to help MCSC provide improved items to infantry Marines. - Sgt. Michael Cummins, an Amphibious Assault Vehicle crew chief with Amphibious Assault Platoon at The Basic School, looks through the sight of an M-16 in the human factors lab at Gruntworks. Gruntworks serves as a “workshop” for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, or MERS, team to test existing and emerging equipment to help MCSC provide improved items to infantry Marines.