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500 Marines Will Begin Testing These New PT Uniforms this Summer About 500 Marines will test and evaluate newly designed physical training uniform, service officials announced on April 13, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps/Facebook) 13 Apr 2021 The Marine Corps has awarded contracts to four companies to produce prototypes of new physical training uniforms that will be tested by a mix of personnel starting in July. About 500 Marines will test and evaluate the newly designed physical training uniform, service officials announced on Tuesday. The olive-colored shorts and T-shirts will be made from breatha...

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- Marine Corps Systems Command recently joined forces with the Army to identify partnership opportunities that could benefit both organizations. In January, Marine Corps Systems Command’s Portfolio Manager, Logistics Combat Element Systems and the Army’s Program Executive Officer, Combat Support and Combat Service Support participated in a Home-on-Home conference to discuss collaboration opportunities to build synergy and identify cost savings and avoidance. “The Home-on-Home collaboration is a great integrated and teaming relationship between the Marin...

One Shot, One Kill: Marines Begin Fielding New Precision Rifle Optic CWO4 Dave Tomlinson, infantry weapons officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Squad Common Optic attached to the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle on Feb. 10 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, (U.S. Marine Corps) 22 Feb 2021 The Marine Corps has started fielding a new rifle optic designed to adjust for close and long-range targets for more precise shooting. Marine Corps Systems Command's Program Manager for Infantry Weapons began fielding the Squad Common Optic, or SCO, in January for the M4 and M4A1 carbines and th...

QUANTICO, Va. -- Marine Corps Systems Command drew inspiration from social media and video games to create an information hub catering to the needs of the 21st century Marine. In February 2021, MCSC’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons launched the Infantry Weapons Information Tool, an intuitive website inspired by social media that aims to increase communication among the Fleet and better support their needs. This easy-to-use, Common Access Card-enabled website provides Marines with relevant technical doctrine, training manuals, instructional videos and other tools associated with PM IW...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 28, 2021 The Marine Corps wants an improved combat uniform that has fire protection and better dampening of infrared signatures, but it doesn’t want to pay a lot more for it. Marine Corps Systems Command is looking for a uniform that would combine the benefits of the flame-resistant organizational gear, known as FROG, with the durability and comfort of the existing digital-pattern combat utility uniform, and at a price point closer to the latter. A FROG set costs $184, more than twice the $89 for a combat utility top and trousers, Mi...