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Conway To Industry: Help Corps Lead In Expeditionary Energy Efficiency

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps wants solutions from industry in the near term for how to save energy and reduce fuel consumption in Afghanistan, the service's top officer said last week. Commandant Gen. James Conway told the Surface Navy Association Symposium that "you will hear us clanging that bell fairly often and fairly strongly in the months" about finding ways to lower so-called expeditionary energy usage. That bell-clanging will be heard at an upcoming conference in New Orleans, which…

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