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Marine Corps Systems Command awarded a contract to BAE Systems to produce and deliver the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Following a successful Milestone C decision by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, the contract options worth $198 million will allow BAE Systems to build 30 low rate production vehicles, which will start delivering in the fall of next year.
Marine Corps Systems Command awards contract to produce ACV June 20, 2018, Marine Corps Systems Command
Marine Corps Systems Command awarded a contract to produce Amphibious Combat Vehicles—a much-needed modernization to the Marine Corps’ ground combat element.Following a...
A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Reconnaissance Platoon waits on the flight deck before low-light fast rope training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, underway in the Pacific Ocean, June 25, 2017. The FRP Marines train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets on both land and sea. Fast roping allows Marines to enter inaccessible locations via rope from a hovering aircraft. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the amphibious component of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. The 31st MEU and PHIBRON 11 combine to provide a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Next gen binoculars increase survivability for Recon, EOD Marines June 19, 2018, Marine Corps Systems Command
Marines will have better situational awareness on missions in dark areas thanks to new night vision goggles.The Binocular Night Vision Goggle II, or BNVG II, is a...
Battle Skills Test: the future of well-trained Marines Dec. 22, 2017, Marine Corps Base Quantico
Several Marines from Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia participated in a mock Battle Skills Test November 21, 2017. The test, which is still under development by Marine...
A drill instructor figurine, part of a much larger statue, holds a steady salute on its day of unveiling at the National Marine Corps Museum in Triangle, Virginia, Dec. 13, 2017. At Their Core, one of three statutes that were unveiled, was crafted by Kris Kuksi for Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s Battles Won brand idea, but also to represent the irreducible fighting spirit of Marines. Kuksi is an artist contracted to work with MCRC's contracted advertisement agency, J. Walter Thompson.
MCRC unveils three iconic Battles Won sculptures Dec. 14, 2017, Marine Corps Recruiting Command
A nearly seven-foot, bronze-colored United States Marine stands battle ready. He is clothed in history — Marines from as early as World War I prepare for battle, assault...
Marines conduct a field user evaluation for the Identity Dominance System-Marine Corps, or IDS-MC, in Dahlgren, Virginia. In September, Marine Corps Systems Command completed fielding of the IDS-MC, which is a new biometrics system to help deployed Marines identify and track the movement of individuals encountered on the battlefield, conduct entry control point operations, and determine who is a friend or foe.
Marine Corps fields ‘game changer’ biometric data collection system Dec. 12, 2017, Marine Corps Systems Command
In September, Marine Corps Systems Command completed fielding a new biometrics system to help deployed Marines identify and track the movement of individuals encountered on...
Major Gen. James W. Lukeman, the commanding general of the Marine Corps Training and Education Command, addresses the audience of the first Force Fitness Instructor Course on Marine Corps Base Quantico,Virginia Nov. 4, 2016. The graduates will now return to their respective units and apply all that they’ve learned over the five-week course.
Force Fitness Instructors ready to hit the ground running Nov. 7, 2016, I Marine Expeditionary Force
The United States Marine Corps was proven to be the fittest of the armed services, according to a study by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, but that victory wasn’t...
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Chieu, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, brushes snow and ice off of a CH-53 Super Stallion during a deployment for training exercise aboard Camp Dawson, West Virginia, Jan. 30, 2015. Inclement weather caused the Marines to take extra steps in preparing the helicopters for flight.
HMH-464 battle cold weather during DFT Feb. 11, 2015, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Marines and sailors with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 executed a deployment for training exercise aboard Camp Dawson, W. Va., recently.The exercise, designed to...
An Air Force KC-10 Extender releases its drogue, or hose, in order to refuel a MV-22B Osprey above the Marine Corps Air Station New River area, Jan. 15, 2015. Marine pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 flew behind the KC-10 and practiced aerial refuels with the aircraft.
VMM-266 conducts unique aerial refuels in preparation for deployment Jan. 26, 2015, II Marine Expeditionary Force
In preparation for their upcoming deployment, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 conducted aerial refuels with an Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft, Jan. 15, above...