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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)

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)

DON recognizes MCSC employees for Test and Evaluation efforts - Marine Corps Systems Command’s Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian; U.S. Navy Executive Director for Innovation, Technology Requirements and Test and Evaluation Rick Quade; PEO Land System’s John Garner; and MCSC’s Sgt. Maj. Michael Cato pose with MCSC’s Department of Navy T&E Awards winners Andrew Ferguson, Lou Ferguson and Dr. Giang Pham, April 15, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Not pictured: Maj. Richard Zjawin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Tonya Smith)

Marine Corps begins fielding Amphibious Combat Vehicle - Marines from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle new equipment training team complete an operator course in the vehicle in February 2019. Managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the ACV was approved for Initial Operational Capability on Nov. 13 and for Full-Rate Production on Dec. 8 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

MCSC, PEO LS recognized during DON Acquisition Excellence Awards - John Garner, the Program Executive Officer Land Systems, stands by the PEO LS sign Nov. 16 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The Department of Navy recognized Garner along with several MCSC representatives for their acquisition efforts during the DON Acquisition Excellence Awards on Nov. 5, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

MCSC structural changes enable better naval alignment, acquisition support to Marines - James F. Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, speaks to the crowd about the importance of acquisition, Aug. 15, 2019 at the Marine Corps Ground Acquisition Award Dinner in Arlington, Virginia. Between July and October, Marine Corps Systems Command underwent a structural shift to better align the Marine Corps with the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

An overdue homecoming: 77 years later, Marine finds his way home - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Kirk Mullins, program manager for Advanced Amphibious Assault at Program Executive Officer Land Systems, served as the presenting officer at the funeral of private first class Louis Wiesehan, Jr., on Sept. 19, 2020, in their hometown of Richmond, Ind. Wiesehan was identified, recovered, repatriated and finally laid to rest 77 years after he was killed. (Courtesy photo)

PEO Land Systems engineer receives Navy’s top Emergent Engineer award - Ali Olinger, far right, inspects the Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system during an engineering change proposal fit check in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, November 2019. Olinger, a systems engineer with the G/ATOR program at Program Executive Officer Land Systems, was one of two emergent engineers selected to receive the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year award for 2020. Olinger was the only honoree from a Marine Corps organization (Courtesy Photo).