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Marine Corps and Navy
RFID Initiatives
In this chapter, we present past, current, and future Marine Corps and Navy radio frequency
identication (RFID) initiatives. This includes both active and passive RFID efforts.
26.1 MARINE CORPS ACTIVE RFID INITIATIVES
26.1.1 IntRoductIon
In 2003, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics directed the ser-
vices to use high-data-capacity active RFID technology to support the in-transit visibility (ITV) of
supplies. The U.S. Marine Corps initially responded by purchasing nearly 200,000 active RFID tags
and acquiring over 1200 RFID reader interrogators for positioning t