DECEMBER 5, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, By Mathuel Browne - Marine Corps Systems Command is proactively seeking feedback on the products developed and delivered by the command to maintain technological dominance, now and in the future. Last month, MCSC’s Ammunition Program Management Office participated in a field artillery demonstration at Marine Corps … [Read more...]
The U.S. Military’s Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS: Spreading Cooperation While Stopping the Spread of Disease
DECEMBER 5, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - The U.S. military has always played a leading role in the fight against HIV/AIDS and combating infectious diseases. During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington understood the potential for contagious diseases to devastate his troops and ordered that members of the Continental Army be inoculated to prevent smallpox. Since that … [Read more...]
South Dakota Guardsmen Train for Support of the 58th Presidential Inauguration
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Dec. 5, 2016 - Soldiers and airmen from the South Dakota National Guard are preparing for joint support of the 58th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017. They will join hundreds of National Guardsmen from across the country to assist with security, crowd control and traffic management throughout the national capital region when … [Read more...]
“Safety Happens” at Lincoln’s Annual Winter Safety Standdown
DECEMBER 5, 2016, HAMPTON, Va. (NNS) - "There is nothing more dangerous than complacency and a false sense of security." Those are words retired Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Lammey wants every Sailor to remember. More than 2,000 Sailors assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) attended the command's annual Winter Safety Standdown Dec. 2 at … [Read more...]
Corps Leverages Army’s Joint Battle Command-Platform Program for Next-Gen Situational Awareness
DECEMBER 5, 2016, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, By Monique Randolph - Several Marine Corps ground vehicles are getting an upgrade, thanks to an Army-Marine Corps program called Joint Battle Command-Platform. JBC-P gives commanders across the battlespace better command, control and situational awareness than ever before. Marine Corps Systems Command has fielded … [Read more...]