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Council emphasizes support for small business contracts January 31, 2014 — By Jim Katzaman, MCSC Corporate CommunicationsSmall business owners should focus on submitting winning proposals, according to Dave Dawson, associate director for Small Business Programs at Marine Corps Systems Command.Dawson was addressing the command’s Industry Interface Council that met Jan. 30 in Dumfries, Va. About 30 small and large business MORE

MC3 engineer to receive Copernicus Award January 29, 2014 — The lead satellite communications engineer for Marine Corps Systems Command’s Networking and Satellite Communications will receive the 2014 Copernicus Award Feb. 11, in San Diego, Calif. James Mayers, who works in Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications—or MC3—at MCSC, will receive the honor for his role in helping the Marine Corps transition to lighter, more efficient consolidated satellite communications terminals. MORE

Field survey puts prototype vest to the test January 24, 2014 — A good scientist will design hard tests with one isolated variable in a controlled environment. Field testing often introduces several variables at once. So says Dr. Rebecca Jaworski, a biomedical engineer with the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad at Marine Corps Systems Command. She and Mackie Jordan, Engineer with PdM Infantry Comat Equipment had the opportunity to move from controlled laboratory experiments to the field environment and see the real-world application of the modular scalable vest prototypes during an extended embedment with Marines from 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance outside of Fort Irwin, Calif., in late November. MORE

Above all, ask a Marine January 23, 2014 — Mackie Jordan sat halfway in a box of plastic-sealed Meal, Ready-to-Eat rations. They did surprisingly well to cushion bumps in the road through the Mojave Desert that she, fellow Marine Corps Systems Command employee Dr. Rebecca Jaworski and five Marines from 1st Light Armored battalion traveled on in late November. MORE

Corpsmen test new MOVES January 17, 2014 — By Lance Cpl. Donald Peterson, III Marine Expeditionary ForceCAMP KINSER, Japan - Corpsmen, doctors and nurses with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, attended classes and trained with the Marine Corps’ new portable patient transport life support system Jan. 7 at Camp Kinser.The Marine Corps started MORE

Anti-tamper: To delay, deter January 8, 2014 — The acquisition commands of the U.S. armed services pride themselves in providing an unfair advantage to the American warfighter. That advantage comes at a price, which goes to waste if the enemy can reverse engineer similar technology. Marine Corps Systems Command's Dave Matthews, Technology Protection Branch chief, and his team have taken the mission to keep technology from falling into the hands of the enemy. MORE

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