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Corps announces winners of elbow, knee pads prize challenge - Marines with 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, don their personal protective equipment in preparation for a Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 7, 2015. Marine Corps Systems Command completed its second series of prize challenges in August, awarding cash to two businesses for their innovative ideas for creating improved knee and elbow pad protection for the warfighter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shannon Kroening)

Marine Corps acquisition workforce recognized for excellence, innovation in 2018 - Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, addresses the crowd during the Acquisition Excellence Awards Aug. 20, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. The event enables Marine Corps senior leaders to recognize individuals for excellence and innovation in equipping the warfighter. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jennifer Napier)

Marines, engineers conduct a first-of-its-kind 3D printing exercise - Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory pose with a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exercise Aug. 15, in Champaign, Illinois. Working with Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell and the Army Corps of Engineers, 7th ESB Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group used the Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures—or ACES—printer to conduct 3D concrete printing of the structure using the largest-ever print nozzle to evaluate emerging technology for future application in Marine Corps engineering operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo courtesy of Staff Sgt. Michael Smith, 7th ESB)

Acquisition Dinner recognizes excellence among workforce - Master Gunnery Sgt. Armando Quintanilla, the project officer for Vehicle Automated Diagnostic Systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, received the Eugene M. Stoner Award, presented to a staff noncommissioned officer, Aug. 15 at the Marine Corps Ground Acquisition Award Dinner in Arlington, Virginia. The event enabled Marine Corps Systems Command to award individuals for their excellence and innovation in the acquisition, fielding and support of systems and equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Mobile communication system brings networks to the tactical edge - Imre Kovacs, a vehicle integration specialist at Marine Corps Systems Command, instructs Cpl. Joshua Deleon on how to distinguish cables in the Networking On-the-Move system during Island Marauder’s Network Integration Event July 16, aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Fielded in 2013, NOTM is a satellite communication system that enables Marines to communicate while mobile on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

The Marine Corps’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicles has achieved initial operational capability. The JLTV will fully replace the Marine Corps’ aging High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet. It comes in different variants with multiple mission package configurations, all providing protected, sustained, networked mobility that balances payload, performance and protection across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Bustos) - The Marine Corps’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicles has achieved initial operational capability. The JLTV will fully replace the Marine Corps’ aging High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet. It comes in different variants with multiple mission package configurations, all providing protected, sustained, networked mobility that balances payload, performance and protection across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Bustos)

Integration event enables Marines, engineers to interact - Capt. Julian D’Orsaneo, MCSC’s exercise director for Island Marauder, demonstrates the AN/PRC-117G radio July 18, aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. In July, more than 50 subject matter experts, engineers and Marines congregated aboard MCB Hawaii to measure the effectiveness and interoperability of nearly a dozen of Marine Corps Systems Command’s satellite communication equipment in preparation for Island Marauder 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)