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Marines test grenade launcher during fielding event - Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force practice shooting the M320A1 grenade launcher Jan. 31 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Marine Corps Systems Command fielded the M320A1 to II MEF as a replacement for the M203A2 currently in use. Fielding to infantry units is expected to be complete in fiscal year 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Samantha Bates)

MCSC awards contract to produce the Squad Common Optic - An infantry Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, peers through the Squad Common Optic during a Limited User Evaluation March 2019 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Six months after seeking industry proposals, Marine Corps Systems Command awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract to Trijicon, Inc., of Wixom, Michigan, Feb. 21 to produce SCO systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

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)

MCSC STEM camp fosters comradery, creativity among teens - A student presents a flower billowing smoke after it was dipped in liquid nitrogen at the ninth annual Marine Corps Systems Command Quantico STEM Camp June 26, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. MCSC, who hosted the camp, engaged with 67 middle- and high-school students throughout the weeklong event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

MCSC Marines carry double amputee during Recon Challenge - Gunnery Sgt. Andrew Perryman, Dive project officer of Air and Amphibious Systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, carries Staff Sgt. Jonathan Blank during the 11th annual Recon Challenge, at the Reconnaissance Training Company compound on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 16, 2019. Perryman, Blank and other Recon Marines competed in the challenge to honor comradery and brotherhood. (Courtesy photograph)

A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck) - A Marine with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit programs a counter-unmanned aircraft system on a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 13, 2018. The LMADIS and other innovations will be on display during the 54th annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, held May 6–8 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

Marine credits triathlons for making him a better warfighter - Maj. Ken Parisi, a logistics specialist at Marine Corps Systems Command, rides a bike in the Ironman World Championship at Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in September. He placed in the top 25 percent of 4,500 competitors and said his passion for triathlons gave him confidence and made him a better Marine. (Courtesy photo)

MCTSSA personnel welcomes Vietnam veterans, share legacy - Then 1st Lt. Ken Brown poses in front of his unit in Danang, South Vietnam in 1970. Brown, a retired Marine Colonel and former Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity commanding officer, was part of a group of Vietnam veterans from Marine Air Support Squadron 3 that toured MCTSSA's headquarters aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton this summer. (Courtesy photo)