Marine Depot Maintenance Command

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September 18, 2017

A 3D printer is utilized at the Albany plant of Marine Depot Maintenance Command to help mock up materials before they are manufactured into steel. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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Marine Depot Maintenance Command has a critical role in making sure the equipment the Marine Corps utilizes is ready to assist in field missions.

Staff in the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant, located at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany, works on the equipment Marines utilize on the field. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Signs throughout the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant remind personnel of their mission, including one overlooking them on the plant floor. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

A table inside the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant shows what a 3D printer can produce before resources are put into manufacturing items into steel. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Personnel at the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant use mock-ups to put up equipment as a means to ensure they are in a proper state to be utilized by Marines in the field. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Pieces of equipment sitting on the floor of the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant demonstrate how individual parts are broken down and tweaked before they are put back into vehicles the Marines use in the field. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

A special microscope at the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s plant in Albany helps to give a closer look at velcro, demonstrating how detailed the plant is in ensuring ideal functionality of Marine Corps equipment. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Robots, already being used by Marines in the field, are expected to undergo more development and become more user-friendly in the future. The future vision is something already beginning to be embraced by Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

The phones Marines use in the field are among the pieces of equipment the personnel at the Marine Depot Maintenance Command’s Albany plant works to repair and update. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

The main floor of the Marine Depot Maintenance Command depot in Albany has the appearance of an assembly line where a variety of ground equipment utilized by the Marine Corps is worked on. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

One of the tasks Marine Depot Maintenance Command focuses on is rebuilding equipment for display in the National Museum of the Marine Corps, including a cargo truck from the World War II era. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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Jennifer Parks

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