March 14, 2014, MCSC Corporate Communications - Counter-improvised explosive device systems come in many shapes and sizes, all of which have saved lives in Southwest Asia. Now the changing face of the fight and budget constraints demand paring down the array of C-IED systems to those that prevent the most bang for the buck. The task for taking a hard look at the explosive … [Read more...]

March 13, 2014, QUANTICO, Va. - The Marine Corps plans to stand up an experimental task force comprised of both men and women volunteers in primarily ground-combat-arms specialties for about a year so analysts can assess their performance, the general officer overseeing the Marine Corps’ force-integration planning effort said March 10. Brig. Gen. George W. Smith Jr. … [Read more...]

March 12, 2014, New Orleans - Marine administrative message 089/14 announced the Marine Corps recipients of the 2013 Geico Military Service Award. The award recognizes one active-duty enlisted member from each military service, and one member from the reserve/national guard components, for their outstanding contributions to civilian and/or military communities in areas of … [Read more...]

3/11/2014, VAERNES GARRISON, Norway - When 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group arrived in Norway, it became the tip of the spear for American participation in Cold Response 2014, but before the exercise began, the Marines had to sharpen the spear. Cold Response 2014 is a Norwegian-led multinational exercise, which will test the ease … [Read more...]

03/07/2014, Marine Base Quantico - Per MARADMIN 667/13, the Marine Corps is administering the FY15 Enlisted Retention Survey to enlisted Marines with less than 15 years of service and an EAS between Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 1, 2015. The purpose of this survey is to give Marines the opportunity to communicate to senior leaders what factors and incentives have the greatest … [Read more...]