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Volunteers carry a heavy piece of metal off the Potomac River beach April 22 during Marine Corps Systems Command's third annual Earth Day and Shoreline Cleanup event. MCSC's Safety Office orchestrated the event held at Hospital Point, Quantico, Va - Volunteers carry a heavy piece of metal off the Potomac River beach April 22 during Marine Corps Systems Command's third annual Earth Day and Shoreline Cleanup event. MCSC's Safety Office orchestrated the event held at Hospital Point, Quantico, Va

Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Buffalo Systems Deputy Project Engineer Steven “Tate” Carow sits near the rear-door assist mechanism. The RDA is an upgrade developed to push and hold open the rear door aboard the Marine Corps Buffalo Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. For Carow and his team, completion of this particular capability insertion helps to fulfill a critical requirement to improve crew survivability. The design uses a ruggedized motor controller, which activates a linear actuator and hydraulic cylinder. - Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Buffalo Systems Deputy Project Engineer Steven “Tate” Carow sits near the rear-door assist mechanism. The RDA is an upgrade developed to push and hold open the rear door aboard the Marine Corps Buffalo Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. For Carow and his team, completion of this particular capability insertion helps to fulfill a critical requirement to improve crew survivability. The design uses a ruggedized motor controller, which activates a linear actuator and hydraulic cylinder.

Sgt. Michael Cummins, an Amphibious Assault Vehicle crew chief with Amphibious Assault Platoon at The Basic School, looks through the sight of an M-16 in the human factors lab at Gruntworks. Gruntworks serves as a “workshop” for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, or MERS, team to test existing and emerging equipment to help MCSC provide improved items to infantry Marines. - Sgt. Michael Cummins, an Amphibious Assault Vehicle crew chief with Amphibious Assault Platoon at The Basic School, looks through the sight of an M-16 in the human factors lab at Gruntworks. Gruntworks serves as a “workshop” for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad, or MERS, team to test existing and emerging equipment to help MCSC provide improved items to infantry Marines.

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a motorized light armored vehicle training patrol in Djbouti in 2012. - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a motorized light armored vehicle training patrol in Djbouti in 2012.

Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, speaks to MCSC employees during a command town hall March 8 covering the sequestration and possible furlough. - Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, speaks to MCSC employees during a command town hall March 8 covering the sequestration and possible furlough.

A Marine lance corporal in Okinawa, Japan, performs organizational-level surface preparation using the Corrosion Prevention and Control tool kit to remove corrosion prior to the application of touch-up paint on a trailer. The corrosion program, managed by Marine Corps Systems Command, has improved the readiness of USMC equipment and significantly reduced the cost of corrosion. - A Marine lance corporal in Okinawa, Japan, performs organizational-level surface preparation using the Corrosion Prevention and Control tool kit to remove corrosion prior to the application of touch-up paint on a trailer. The corrosion program, managed by Marine Corps Systems Command, has improved the readiness of USMC equipment and significantly reduced the cost of corrosion.

Lance Raymond, head of the Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Appropriation Branch in Marine Corps Systems Command’s Office of the Director of Financial Management/Comptroller, received his doctorate in organizational leadership in December 2012. Raymond said obtaining his doctorate while balancing work and family life was one of the toughest, but most rewarding experiences of his life. - Lance Raymond, head of the Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Appropriation Branch in Marine Corps Systems Command’s Office of the Director of Financial Management/Comptroller, received his doctorate in organizational leadership in December 2012. Raymond said obtaining his doctorate while balancing work and family life was one of the toughest, but most rewarding experiences of his life.

Jim Westerholm (left), Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications deputy program manager, presents Dave Garvin with the President's Call to Service Award during the MAGTF C3 Town Hall Jan. 16, 2013. - Jim Westerholm (left), Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications deputy program manager, presents Dave Garvin with the President's Call to Service Award during the MAGTF C3 Town Hall Jan. 16, 2013.