(From left) Capt. Trevor Hoselton, Staff Sgt. Ken Thorson and Les Inbody with Marine Corps Systems Command’s Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon Project Office, look over a SMAW Mod 2 with a new modular ballistic sight at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., in late November. The other Marines, attached to The Basic School, participated in an operational assessment with the SMAW team and members of the Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity. - (From left) Capt. Trevor Hoselton, Staff Sgt. Ken Thorson and Les Inbody with Marine Corps Systems Command’s Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon Project Office, look over a SMAW Mod 2 with a new modular ballistic sight at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., in late November. The other Marines, attached to The Basic School, participated in an operational assessment with the SMAW team and members of the Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity.

Outgoing Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, issued interim policy Nov. 26, effective immediately, to replace the previous Department of Defense instruction 5000.02. This interim instruction provides the detailed procedures that guide the Operation of the Defense Acquisition System and applies to all organizational entities within the department. For more information, go to http://go.usa.gov/WtBW. For MCSC specific implementation guidance and instructions, visit VIPER: http://go.usa.gov/WtBR. - Outgoing Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, issued interim policy Nov. 26, effective immediately, to replace the previous Department of Defense instruction 5000.02. This interim instruction provides the detailed procedures that guide the Operation of the Defense Acquisition System and applies to all organizational entities within the department. For more information, go to http://go.usa.gov/WtBW. For MCSC specific implementation guidance and instructions, visit VIPER: http://go.usa.gov/WtBR.

Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force fill the combat operations center during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The MCSC COC team won team 2013 Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics System Level Award by keeping sustainment costs low and availability high using a performance-based logistics, the Department of Defense's preferred product support strategy. - Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force fill the combat operations center during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. The MCSC COC team won team 2013 Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics System Level Award by keeping sustainment costs low and availability high using a performance-based logistics, the Department of Defense's preferred product support strategy.

Lance Cpl. Micah Hutson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aims an M203 40 mm grenade launcher with a recently developed sight as part of new equipment testing at Kaneohe Bay range training facility Nov. 19. Marine Corps Systems Command coordinated the training and is fielding the new sight. - Lance Cpl. Micah Hutson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, aims an M203 40 mm grenade launcher with a recently developed sight as part of new equipment testing at Kaneohe Bay range training facility Nov. 19. Marine Corps Systems Command coordinated the training and is fielding the new sight.

Owen McNamara (second from left) took this photo at age 18, the day before he and his team went into Fallujah, Iraq. McNamara enlisted in the Marine Corps three days after his 17th birthday, and had deployed twice and received a Purple Heart by age 21. Now a civilian, McNamara works for Marine Corps Systems Command as an administrative officer. - Owen McNamara (second from left) took this photo at age 18, the day before he and his team went into Fallujah, Iraq. McNamara enlisted in the Marine Corps three days after his 17th birthday, and had deployed twice and received a Purple Heart by age 21. Now a civilian, McNamara works for Marine Corps Systems Command as an administrative officer.