(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.

Cpl. Kyle Denny with 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, from Twentynine Palms, Calif., does a system check on a Joint Battle Command-Platform Nov. 11 during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 at McGregor Range, N.M. Marine Corps Systems Command’s JBC-P Family of Systems program arranged for 40 Marines to test the new communications equipment. - Cpl. Kyle Denny with 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance, 1st Marine Division, from Twentynine Palms, Calif., does a system check on a Joint Battle Command-Platform Nov. 11 during Network Integration Evaluation 14.1 at McGregor Range, N.M. Marine Corps Systems Command’s JBC-P Family of Systems program arranged for 40 Marines to test the new communications equipment.

Col. Michael Manning, Marine Corps Systems Command's program manager for Infantry Weapons Systems, congratulates Salvatore Fanelli on winning the Donald Roebling Award, which honors an acquisition civilian. He worked on the acquisition, fielding and support of Mk318 Mod 0 and M855A1 ammunition to the warfighter. - Col. Michael Manning, Marine Corps Systems Command's program manager for Infantry Weapons Systems, congratulates Salvatore Fanelli on winning the Donald Roebling Award, which honors an acquisition civilian. He worked on the acquisition, fielding and support of Mk318 Mod 0 and M855A1 ammunition to the warfighter.

John Patterson, a wounded warrior and medically retired Marine, was injured when a bomb went off as he entered a building during a combat patrol Jan. 23, 2011. The blast severed his left leg below the knee. Patterson, a native of Columbia, Md., now works as an intern at Program Executive Officer Land Systems through the Wounded Warrior Intern Program, part of the Naval Acquisition Development Program. - John Patterson, a wounded warrior and medically retired Marine, was injured when a bomb went off as he entered a building during a combat patrol Jan. 23, 2011. The blast severed his left leg below the knee. Patterson, a native of Columbia, Md., now works as an intern at Program Executive Officer Land Systems through the Wounded Warrior Intern Program, part of the Naval Acquisition Development Program.

Gunnery Sgt. Raymond Jentz (right) accepts the Eugene M. Stoner Award from Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, Nov. 4 on Hospital Point at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Jentz is a project officer for the Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program in MCSC’s Marine Intelligence. The Stoner Award is presented to a Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officer for superior professional excellence and innovation in pursuit of the acquisition, fielding and support of systems and equipment to the operating forces. - Gunnery Sgt. Raymond Jentz (right) accepts the Eugene M. Stoner Award from Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, Nov. 4 on Hospital Point at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Jentz is a project officer for the Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program in MCSC’s Marine Intelligence. The Stoner Award is presented to a Marine Corps staff noncommissioned officer for superior professional excellence and innovation in pursuit of the acquisition, fielding and support of systems and equipment to the operating forces.