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Awarding Excellence: MCSC Marines, civilians recognized for acquisition efforts - The Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Information Lt. Gen. Matthew Glavy speaks about the importance of embracing change during Marine Corps Systems Command’s Acquisition Excellence Awards, Aug. 23 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The AE Awards is an annual event recognizing Marines and civilians for their acquisition efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Samantha Bates)

A Naval Strike Missile streaks out to sea before striking a naval target ship, Aug. 15, 2021, aboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. The missile flew more than 100 nautical miles before finding its mark. The live-fire sinking exercise demonstrated a Marine fires expeditionary advanced base’s ability to sense, target and strike a target at sea, providing sea control or contributing to sea denial in fleet operations. The Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 centers on Marines providing long-range precision strike capabilities as a stand-in force during littoral operations in a contested environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dillon Buck, released) - A Naval Strike Missile streaks out to sea before striking a naval target ship, Aug. 15, 2021, aboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. The missile flew more than 100 nautical miles before finding its mark. The live-fire sinking exercise demonstrated a Marine fires expeditionary advanced base’s ability to sense, target and strike a target at sea, providing sea control or contributing to sea denial in fleet operations. The Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030 centers on Marines providing long-range precision strike capabilities as a stand-in force during littoral operations in a contested environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dillon Buck, released)

Cpl. Brooks Woodhill, a transmissions systems operator, and Staff Sgt. Thomas King, a transmissions chief, both of 3rd Marine Regiment, use the Mobile User Objective System during Island Marauder 2021 Aug. 11 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Island Marauder is an annual, Marine Corps Systems Command-led exercise enabling Marines to assess and familiarize themselves with communications gear. This year’s exercise was nested under the Navy’s Large Scale Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - Cpl. Brooks Woodhill, a transmissions systems operator, and Staff Sgt. Thomas King, a transmissions chief, both of 3rd Marine Regiment, use the Mobile User Objective System during Island Marauder 2021 Aug. 11 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Island Marauder is an annual, Marine Corps Systems Command-led exercise enabling Marines to assess and familiarize themselves with communications gear. This year’s exercise was nested under the Navy’s Large Scale Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Behind the curtain: Marine officers discuss benefits of working in acquisition - Acquisition officers with Marine Corps Systems Command or Program Executive Officer Land Systems discuss the benefits of working in the acquisition community. The Marine Corps will release a solicitation for the acquisition billets 8059/8061 military occupational specialty in August. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Tonya Smith)

A culture change: MCSC to open modern workspace to promote collaboration, innovation - A group of Marine Corps Systems Command civilians and Marines has a discussion July 9 within a newly constructed, 40,000 square-foot workspace in Stafford, Virginia. The building, leased by MCSC, comprises a more contemporary, open floor plan that promotes increased team building, productivity and morale. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, adjust a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2020. The G/ATOR provides an air defense and surveillance capability and is used to locate enemy weapon systems. Having these capabilities further enhances Marines’ missions and increases lethality. G/ATOR is one of the Corps’ key capabilities supporting Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Savannah Mesimer) - U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, adjust a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 10, 2020. The G/ATOR provides an air defense and surveillance capability and is used to locate enemy weapon systems. Having these capabilities further enhances Marines’ missions and increases lethality. G/ATOR is one of the Corps’ key capabilities supporting Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Savannah Mesimer)

Marine Corps awards contract for new, innovative training capability - Marines wear Force-on-Force Training Systems-Next harnesses during a prototype demonstration in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 28, 2020. On June 17, Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Training Systems awarded a contract to Saab, Inc. for Force-on-Force Training Systems-Next, a training simulator that enables all Marines to train in a realistic, scenario-based environment with live role-playing opponents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Staff Sgt. Kyle Owens, a motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, shows the wire housing found inside a steering wheel column of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2021. Owens designed a tool that prevents damage to the truck while removing the steering wheel. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell has made the tool available to Marines worldwide through additive manufacturing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michele Hunt) - Staff Sgt. Kyle Owens, a motor transportation chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, shows the wire housing found inside a steering wheel column of the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2021. Owens designed a tool that prevents damage to the truck while removing the steering wheel. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations Cell has made the tool available to Marines worldwide through additive manufacturing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michele Hunt)

MCSC leverages small business technologies to support the warfighter - Two corpsmen observing a demonstration of the Expeditionary Portable Oxygen Generation System, a lightweight, mobile capability that provides medical-grade oxygen to the fleet, May 14, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. In May, MCSC’s Small Business Innovation Research program held a weeklong Limited Military User Assessment for Marines, Corpsmen and other stakeholders to provide feedback on various technologies in development. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Tonya Smith)