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Navy/USMC

Alternative Energy Seen Dominating Marine Corps S&T Buying

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Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford Alternative-energy solutions and tools will make up a significant portion of the Marine Corps' science-and-technology acquisitions going forward, a service official said. John Burrow, the executive director of Marine Corps Systems Command, said Tuesday in Quantico, Va. he is "thrilled" senior Marine Corps leaders have committed "to pursuing alternative energy sources and making sure that we do everything that can to decrease our dependencies on some of the traditional energy providers." That was the message delivered at…

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