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Corps’ ‘monster machine’ reaches full-rate production - Marines use a Rough Terrain Container Handler to offload cargo that was transported by Sailors from USNS 1st Lt Baldomero Lopez to Green Beach on Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Feb. 12, during Maritime Prepositioning Force Exercise 20. A Marine Corps Systems Command program of record, the RTCH moves 20-to-40-foot ISO containers on rough terrain, beaches and other surfaces to assist with land and amphibious missions. In September 2020, an upgraded version of the system reached full-rate production and is expected to field in the second quarter of fiscal 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rachel K. Young-Porter)

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 conduct New Equipment Training with Phase II of the Common Aviation Command and Control System aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. CAC2S modernizes aviation command and control equipment and improves interoperability among Marine Air Command and Control squadrons, Marine Air-Ground Task Force assets and joint agencies. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full rate production units of CAC2S. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc) - U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 conduct New Equipment Training with Phase II of the Common Aviation Command and Control System aboard Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2019. CAC2S modernizes aviation command and control equipment and improves interoperability among Marine Air Command and Control squadrons, Marine Air-Ground Task Force assets and joint agencies. Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full rate production units of CAC2S. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)

Marine Corps to build innovative wargaming center - U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division play a game of Memoir 44’—a war-themed strategy board game based on historical World War II battles—on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2019. Expected to break ground in fiscal year 2021, the Marine Corps Wargaming Center will be a 100,000-square-foot facility uniquely designed to leverage 21st-century simulation technologies to enhance the wargaming experience for Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez)

MCSC bids farewell to sergeant major, welcomes replacement - Sgt. Maj. Robin Fortner, Marine Corps Systems Command sergeant major from January 2018 to August 2020, speaks to an audience of nearly 200 during the command’s Sergeant Major Relief and Appointment/Retirement Ceremony Aug. 14 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Fortner retired after 30 years of service. While at MCSC, she made efforts to interact with the Fleet Marine Force and was a catalyst in the launching of the command’s Equipment Feedback Portal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by David Jordan)

MCSC employs virtual training during COVID-19 - Marine Corps Lance Corp. Ryan Velek, Marine Corps Detachment student, socially distances and wears a mask while attending the in-classroom portion of his Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst course aboard Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, April 20, 2020. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Marine Corps Systems Command in spring 2020 began virtual New Equipment Training for MCH and the Secure Communication Controller. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Abbey Rieves)

Marine Corps releases solicitation for rocket system - A test facility professional prepares to fire an M72 LAW Fire from Enclosure test round at an undisclosed test range in 2019. In July, the Army released a Request for Proposals on behalf of the Marine Corps for the M72 LAW Fire from Enclosure munition—a lightweight rocket system that Marines can fire from an enclosure, cover or concealment, increasing their lethality and safety. (Courtesy photograph)

Annual awards recognize superior performance among Corps’ acquisition workforce - Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. William Faulkner, president and chief executive officer of the Marine Corps Association and Foundation, congratulates recipients of the Higgins, Stoner and Roebling awards during the annual Marine Corps Systems Command Acquisition Excellence Awards, July 28 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. These three awards are signed by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger and sponsored by MCA&F. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Andrew Reynolds)

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).