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Man's best friend. Labrador Retrievers work alongside Marines in Afghanistan to help sniff out improvised explosive devices and other explosives before they can damage vehicles or injure Marines. The dogs are specially trained and deployed thanks to the IED Detector Dog Program managed by Marine Corps Systems Command. After the dogs retire from the Marine Corps, they often go to work for other federal agencies across the country. - Man's best friend. Labrador Retrievers work alongside Marines in Afghanistan to help sniff out improvised explosive devices and other explosives before they can damage vehicles or injure Marines. The dogs are specially trained and deployed thanks to the IED Detector Dog Program managed by Marine Corps Systems Command. After the dogs retire from the Marine Corps, they often go to work for other federal agencies across the country.

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.

Left: Basil Moncrief (right) and then-Capt. John Mohler stand in front of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. The MRAP is equipped with a mobile command and control system, called M2C2, which Moncrief helped develop. Moncrief is the lead for the Technology Transition Office within Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications at Marine Corps Systems Command. Right: The Marine Corps’s Director of Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), Brigadier General Kevin Nally, presents MCTSSA's Buck Connally with the 2012 Copernicus Award for sustained, superior performance in the field of C4. Connally’s wife Kathy also attended the award ceremony at the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association West's Conference and Symposium in San Diego, Calif. - Left: Basil Moncrief (right) and then-Capt. John Mohler stand in front of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. The MRAP is equipped with a mobile command and control system, called M2C2, which Moncrief helped develop. Moncrief is the lead for the Technology Transition Office within Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications at Marine Corps Systems Command. Right: The Marine Corps’s Director of Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), Brigadier General Kevin Nally, presents MCTSSA's Buck Connally with the 2012 Copernicus Award for sustained, superior performance in the field of C4. Connally’s wife Kathy also attended the award ceremony at the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association West's Conference and Symposium in San Diego, Calif.

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.

Cpl. Raul Cardenas, 24, from Santa Ana, Calif., vehicle commander for 2nd Squad, Security Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepares a Multi-function Agile Remote Control Robot prior to a mission Dec. 20. Security Co. uses the MARCbot to safely investigate possible Improvised Explosive Devices. Security Co. ensures that convoys reach their destination safely by providing security throughout the trip. - Cpl. Raul Cardenas, 24, from Santa Ana, Calif., vehicle commander for 2nd Squad, Security Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepares a Multi-function Agile Remote Control Robot prior to a mission Dec. 20. Security Co. uses the MARCbot to safely investigate possible Improvised Explosive Devices. Security Co. ensures that convoys reach their destination safely by providing security throughout the trip.