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June industry briefing postponed; new date to be determined April 17, 2014 — The Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry originally scheduled for June has been postponed. A new date has not yet been set, but the event will likely not take place in 2014, according to Marine Corps Systems Command officials. More information will be provided when available via the MCSC website and Facebook page. The APBI—hosted by Marine Corps MORE

Retired Air Force major, MCSC employee deploys to Afghanistan April 16, 2014 — It's a cold morning in Virginia and Marianne Lumsden's house is absolutely spotless. The retired Air Force major and current Marine Corps Systems Command employee has everything in its place. Blankets are folded and stowed away perfectly. The floors shine and, save an open laptop and a few papers strewn about her glass-top coffee table-polished to perfection-nothing is out of place. MORE

Networking On-the-Move goes afloat April 15, 2014 — Enhancing the commandant's efforts to move the Marine Corps back to its expeditionary amphibious roots, Marine Corps Systems Command has successfully tested a robust mobile command-and-control capability integrated onto the Assault Amphibious Vehicle platform. This amphibious tactical command-and-control capability is one that neither the Corps nor Navy had previously possessed. Networking On-the-Move is an evolutionary system, based upon the capabilities of the Mobile Modular Command and Control systems successfully employed in Afghanistan since 2009. MORE

Marine Corps Systems Command: Equipping the warfighter to win April 10, 2014 — Marine Corps Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices work hard every day to deliver critical warfighting capabilities to Marines. As the Department of Navy’s systems command for Marine Corps ground weapons and information technology systems, MCSC develops, buys and manages these warfighting tools from cradle to grave. Together, MORE

‘Innovation is a mindset’ April 9, 2014 — Noting "there is a great deal of mutual support across all of our systems commands," Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, said innovation is primarily a mindset. He spoke April 8 during the "Innovation and Supporting the Warfighter" panel at the Sea-Air-Space Expo at National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C. The Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition brings the U.S. defense industrial base, private-sector U.S. companies and key military decision makers together for the annual gathering. MORE

Olympian wins over Women’s History Month gathering April 4, 2014 — From hurtling to victory in mere hundredths of a second to climbing the corporate ladder, Olympic Gold Medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley kept Marine Corps Systems Command listeners in rapt attention April 1, giving Women's History Month its own ringing close at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The event was sponsored by the MCSC Deputy Commander for Resource Management, which promoted Women's History Month activities at the command. MORE

MCTSSA’s Hoesly named Marine Corps Tester of the Year April 3, 2014 — The National Defense Industrial Association has named Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity's Scot Hoesly as the Marine Corps Civilian Tester of the Year. Hoesly, a MCTSSA technical support officer, was recognized for being the catalyst in testing and evaluating four different command-and-control Marine Corps Systems Command systems, including the activity's extensive testing of differing Network-on-the-Move mobile communications system platforms. MORE

ECH, Sleep System training videos now available on YouTube April 1, 2014 — Marine Corps Systems Command launched a new YouTube channel that will feature training videos and other information about gear and equipment the command fields to Marines. “Gear is getting more complex,” said Lt. Col. Daryl Crane, product manager for MCSC’s Infantry Combat Equipment. “We’re asking it to do more. And because it is becoming more and MORE

A force of one: LAV-ATs test modernization upgrades March 27, 2014 — Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle Anti-Tank prototypes are in the midst of developmental tests of upgrades that could extend their lives for decades to come. The modernization program is taking shape at various sites throughout the country. Development of the LAV-ATs has already successfully met threshold testing as four of the prototypes have fired 14 missiles at government facilities. In mid-March, the vehicles were put through a swim test and landing craft air cushion tests at the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch at Camp Pendleton, Calif. MORE

New robots keep Marines safe, explosives at arm’s length March 21, 2014 — The Robotic Systems Joint Project Office conducted new equipment training on the Route Reconnaissance and Clearance, or R2C, robot with Marines from the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10-13. The two-day training event included classroom instruction, practical exercise and an end-of-course test to certify the Marines to operate the R2C robot. MORE

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