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MCSC supports Air Force-led effort to safely transport COVID-19 patients - Representatives from the Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and Navy gather inside a prototype Negatively Pressurized CONEX, April 30, 2020, aboard Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. In 2020, Marine Corps Systems Command assisted in an Air Force-led effort to design and acquire the transportation system intended to support patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo)

MCSC celebrates Corps’ birthday with cake-cutting, toy donations and a motorcycle ride - An excursion of Marines and civilians with Marine Corps Systems Command and Program Executive Officer Land Systems on motorcycles en route to the National Museum of the Marine Corps Nov. 9 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. MCSC hosted a cake-cutting event, ceremonial motorcycle ride and Toys for Tots Drive to observe the 245th birthday of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by David Jordan)

A team effort: MCSC keeping workforce safe during COVID-19 - Wesley Storke, a maintenance worker at Marine Corps Systems Command, tests a technology that measures chemicals produced by a fogger machine that eliminates COVID-19 germs, on Aug. 19 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. During the COVID-19 pandemic, MCSC’s AC/S G4 department purchased large sums of hand sanitizers, installed touchless fixtures and completed various other tasks intended to keep the workforce safe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Nathan Sheppard)

MCSC employs virtual training during COVID-19 - Marine Corps Lance Corp. Ryan Velek, Marine Corps Detachment student, socially distances and wears a mask while attending the in-classroom portion of his Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst course aboard Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, April 20, 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Marine Corps Systems Command in spring 2020 began virtual New Equipment Training for MCH and the Secure Communication Controller. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Annual awards recognize superior performance among Corps’ acquisition workforce - Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. William Faulkner, president and chief executive officer of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation, congratulates recipients of the Higgins, Stoner and Roebling awards during the annual Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Awards, July 28 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. These three awards are signed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and sponsored by MCA&F. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Andrew Reynolds)

Award named for pioneering Marine recognizes ‘unconventional thinking, combat leadership’ - Col. John T. Gutierrez, Marine Corps Systems Command’s portfolio manager for Logistics Combat Element Systems, presents the first Lt. Gen. “Brute” Krulak Award to Ron Diefenbach, May 7 in Stafford, Virginia. Diefenbach, a program analyst for LCES, was recognized for demonstrating a spirit of unconventional thinking and leadership. Gutierrez recently instituted this quarterly award to recognize and incentivize innovative thinking within the portfolio. (Courtesy photo)

MCSC achieves fielding decision after ‘herculean’ effort - Sgt. Johnathon Merten, a radio operator with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts a radio check during a long distance, high-frequency communications training event held on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 13. In March, the Marine Corps’ High Frequency Radio II received a favorable fielding decision one year earlier than originally forecast. Marine Corps Systems Command expects to begin fielding the new radio in the spring. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Aulick)

MCSC, ONR and CD&I collaborating to inform ARV path forward - A Light Armored Vehicle-25 with Company C, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, is used to secure a position during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 31, 2020. Marine Corps Systems Command is working toward the next phase of transforming the LAR mission through the development of Next Generation Reconnaissance capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Corey A. Mathews)