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Marine colonel receives Black Engineer of the Year Award March 9, 2018 — Stars and Stripes awarded Col. Dave Burton the Black Engineer of the Year Military Service Award during a ceremony Feb. 10, in Washington, D.C. Each year, Stars and Stripes recognizes an exemplary senior military officer who has served with distinction supporting the service’s efforts in mentorship, diversity and value-based service to the nation. The recipients also serve within commands responsible for procuring, developing or employing new technologies and systems. As program manager for Intelligence Systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, Burton manages the development and acquisition of intelligence systems and equipment for the Corps. MORE

MCTSSA support center aids operating forces February 28, 2018 — Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity’s support center, located aboard Camp Pendleton, California, is the Marine Corps’ premier tactical command, control, communications, computers and intelligence, or C4I, systems support agency. The support center provides Department of Defense personnel with an array of C4I systems support in garrison or forward deployed, across the full range of military operations. MORE

Civilian Marine serves God, Country, Corps February 22, 2018 — As a cost analyst at Marine Corps Systems Command, José Rodríguez knows what it means to be connected to a greater mission as he helps Marines get the gear they need. “Working for [the Training Systems program office], we are nurturing people in a way that they are able to come home to their loved ones because they are fully trained to protect our country,” he said. MORE

Marine Corps makes history with mine plow prototype for Assault Breacher Vehicle February 7, 2018 — The Marine Corps’ Assault Breacher Vehicle made history last year when it conducted its first amphibious landing with a Modified Full Width Mine Plow prototype during a long-range breaching exercise in the western United States. In December 2017, Marine Corps Systems Command used Exercise Steel Knight as an opportunity to test the Modified Full Width Mine Plow prototype for the first time. Steel Knight is a division-level exercise designed to enhance command and control, and interoperability with the 1st Marine Division, its adjacent units and naval support forces. MORE

MCTSSA Marines conduct combat skills training January 30, 2018 — U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity sharpened their combat skills at multiple training locations across Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Jan. 19. “Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.” This adage from Gen. Alfred M. Gray, 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps, has come to embody the fighting spirit of the Marine Corps. MORE

Marine Corps searches for new satellite communications system January 17, 2018 — Giving Marine Commanders the means to communicate beyond line of sight while forward deployed is a critical and necessary capability. A Marine Corps Systems Command-led working group is actively pursuing updates to the Very Small Aperture Terminal Family of Systems, which has been deployed for nearly a decade. The mission: to develop and deliver an updated, cost-effective, reliable solution. MORE

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