Story by Cpl. Levi Schultz | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 12.08.2016
As an ongoing effort to be the premier self-sufficient expeditionary force, the Marine Corps is striving to make itself leaner, meaner and “greener” as it takes a look at energy use across the Corps, equating the efficient use of vital resources with increased combat effectiveness....
Story by 1st Lt. Tyler Morrison | 1st Marine Logistics Group | 11.30.2012
Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment-15 recently installed several Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network Systems [GREENS] at several locations throughout Regional Command (Southwest) to improve the communications reliability of critical assets and to develop new ways to employ expeditionary energy solutions....
Story by Lance Cpl. Uriel Avendano | Marine Corps Air Station Yuma | 10.03.2012
To increase the daily productivity of missions in remote locations and decrease the warfighters dependence on traditional energy sources, the Corps has developed the first generation of Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network Systems (GREENS)....
Story by Cpl. Michelle Brinn | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 09.21.2012
A demonstration of gear, gadgets and gizmos here, Sept. 17-21, gave Marines and sailors a first glimpse at potential energy solutions for the Corps' operating forces....
Story by Lance Cpl. Scott Whiting | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.04.2012
Recently, the Marine Corps surveyed service members of all ranks who had been deployed to find out what could be improved while in-country. The top two responses from these service members were the need for potable water and energy efficiency. The Marine Corps invited approximately 15 commercial and government companies to create products to solve these problems and put them on display at the......
Courtesy Story | Communication Directorate | 05.02.2012
The Marine Corps’ Experimental Forward Operating Base process is designed to identify and evaluate commercial technologies that can increase the self-sufficiency of expeditionary forces. ExFOB will host invited vendors to demonstrate their technologies at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 30-May 4....
Story by Sgt. Laura Bonano | Regional Command Southwest | 03.14.2012
Marines with the 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company were hesitant to start using the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network System when they first heard about it. The name itself is a mouthful, and adding another duty to everyday operations on Camp Tombstone, Helmand province, Afghanistan seemed daunting to Cpl. Cody Cook, a radio technician and operator of the new system....
Story by Cpl. Damany Coleman | Marine Corps Installations East | 01.24.2012
Last year, when Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, announced the Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Strategy and Implementation Plan, he stated that the Marine Corps can even be expeditionary in its use of energy....
