John Wahl, lead contracting officer for Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps, led a team effort that reduced the price of two GCSS-MC contracts by $2 million using Better Buying Power guidelines. GCSS-MC is the primary technology provider for the Marine Corps Logistics Modernization strategy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Carden Hedelt) - John Wahl, lead contracting officer for Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps, led a team effort that reduced the price of two GCSS-MC contracts by $2 million using Better Buying Power guidelines. GCSS-MC is the primary technology provider for the Marine Corps Logistics Modernization strategy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Carden Hedelt)

Sundar Sitaraman, a mechanical systems engineer who supports Advanced Amphibious Assault at Program Executive Officer Land Systems, studies the ADAMS software that simulates loads and forces on large equipment. He was in a class with other engineers from Marine Corps Systems Command and PEO LS that learned industry standards to gauge machine performance. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jim Katzaman) - Sundar Sitaraman, a mechanical systems engineer who supports Advanced Amphibious Assault at Program Executive Officer Land Systems, studies the ADAMS software that simulates loads and forces on large equipment. He was in a class with other engineers from Marine Corps Systems Command and PEO LS that learned industry standards to gauge machine performance. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Jim Katzaman)

Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally, Department of the Navy deputy chief information officer for the Marine Corps, presents the 2015 Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association Copernicus Award to David Vierra, who is joined by his wife Mila, Feb. 10 in San Diego, Calif. Vierra, an information technology specialist at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, received the award for his sustained, superior performance in the field of interoperability and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence/information technology. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Wil Williams) - Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally, Department of the Navy deputy chief information officer for the Marine Corps, presents the 2015 Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association Copernicus Award to David Vierra, who is joined by his wife Mila, Feb. 10 in San Diego, Calif. Vierra, an information technology specialist at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, received the award for his sustained, superior performance in the field of interoperability and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence/information technology. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Wil Williams)