New radio system enables Marines to simultaneously monitor multiple networks - U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit practice assembling an AN/PRC-117G radio on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). The Corps plans to replace the AN/PRC-117G with multichannel radio systems to enhance situational awareness and increase the speed of execution on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tawanya Norwood)

Marine Corps seeks ideas, information for Optical Communication Transmission System - A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa performs a radio check during a training event with German soldiers in Seedorf, Germany, Dec. 6, 2018. Marine Corps Systems Command released a Request for Information March 5, to identify a non-developmental solution to provide a complete Line of Sight Optical Communication Transmission System. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Katelyn Hunter)

On-the-move communications system set to field this fall - Marines from the 1st Marine Division test out the Mobile User Objective System at a Field User Evaluation in Camp Pendleton, California. MUOS is a satellite communication system that uses commercial cell phone technology to increase access while on the battlefield. Marine Corps Systems Command will begin fielding MUOS in the fourth quarter of 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Eddie Young)