News

Master Sgt. Kevin Morris (left), project officer for Marine Corps water systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, holds up the filtration system for the small unit water purifier prototype during a demonstration for Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina May 9. The prototype is designed for platoon-level units and smaller. The system weighs approximately 75 pounds and allows a platoon-size element of Marines to purify 7-10 gallons of water per hour from local water sources. - Master Sgt. Kevin Morris (left), project officer for Marine Corps water systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, holds up the filtration system for the small unit water purifier prototype during a demonstration for Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina May 9. The prototype is designed for platoon-level units and smaller. The system weighs approximately 75 pounds and allows a platoon-size element of Marines to purify 7-10 gallons of water per hour from local water sources.

MCSC looks to bridge capability gap for water purification

The Marines are thirsty. To best meet all their hydration needs, Marine Corps Systems Command Combat Support Systems is weighing readily available commercial technologies to bridge a capability gap in water purification. That missing link exists between current programs of record at MCSC, the Marine Corps commandant's agent for acquisition and sustainment of warfighting systems and equipment. The problem affects smaller units, up to 64 Marines.

Read More

A Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, operates Joint Battle Command-Platform inside a vehicle during Network Integration Evaluation 14.2 at Fort Bliss, Texas. About 900 Marines joined the Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division at the evaluation, which serves as an operational laboratory to incrementally enhance the Army's tactical network. JBC-P, a new situational awareness capability for the Army and Marine Corps, is built with today's force in mind featuring touch-to-zoom maps, drag-and-drop icons and a Google Earth-like interface. - A Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, operates Joint Battle Command-Platform inside a vehicle during Network Integration Evaluation 14.2 at Fort Bliss, Texas. About 900 Marines joined the Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division at the evaluation, which serves as an operational laboratory to incrementally enhance the Army's tactical network. JBC-P, a new situational awareness capability for the Army and Marine Corps, is built with today's force in mind featuring touch-to-zoom maps, drag-and-drop icons and a Google Earth-like interface.

Joint Battle Command-Platform undergoes operational test

Amid the sprawl and dust of Fort Bliss, Texas, and nearby training areas, the Joint Battle Command-Platform system faced its first trial by fire. The Army-led program completed its multi-service operational test and evaluation in mid-May with more than a battalion of Marines on hand to test out the capabilities of the system in joint operations with the Army. Test results should be available in the summer with program managers planning to field the command-and-control system to the units in the next year or so.

Read More

A Marine calibrates a multimeter, a device used to measure properties of electricity such as voltage, current and resistance, using the multimeter workstation standards from the Expeditionary Test, Diagnostic and Measurement Equipment Maintenance System. The ETMS lets Marines calibrate test equipment in 28 different test areas. - A Marine calibrates a multimeter, a device used to measure properties of electricity such as voltage, current and resistance, using the multimeter workstation standards from the Expeditionary Test, Diagnostic and Measurement Equipment Maintenance System. The ETMS lets Marines calibrate test equipment in 28 different test areas.

Measure of success

Standards and measurements are constant concerns in the Marine Corps. To meet those standards and measurements, the Corps has constant tests. But what tests the test instruments? "Twice a year, every Marine is required to deal with calibration through their height and weight requirements" said James Durham, project officer for Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment or TMDE in Marine Corps Systems Command's Combat Support Systems. "Those scales are calibrated for accuracy annually. This is one example of how calibration indirectly supports Marines."

Read More

Navy recognizes MCSC, PEO LS Acquisition Excellence Award winners

Three teams and one individual from Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems have been recognized by the Navy for their efforts in the acquisition field.

Read More

Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley (right), commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, introduces Col. Joseph Shrader at the April 30 MCSC Town Hall at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Shrader has been selected for promotion to brigadier general and will assume command of MCSC in July. - Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley (right), commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, introduces Col. Joseph Shrader at the April 30 MCSC Town Hall at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Shrader has been selected for promotion to brigadier general and will assume command of MCSC in July.