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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ashley L. Retherford, USMC More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ashley L. Retherford, USMC More

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 More

A player for Headquarters and Service Battalion’s prepares to hike the ball during an intramural game at Butler Stadium on Nov. 19. The teams who compete in the American League consist of Marines as well as civilians.

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., right, poses for a photo with Maj. Gen. Michael G. Dana, third from left, and other personnel in front of the USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T More

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., left, greets the deputy director while visiting Marine Corps Support Facility-Blount Island, Jacksonville, FL, Feb 20, 2013. The trip was More

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., left, greets Sgt. Maj. Joseph M. Davenport III, during a visit to Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, GA, Feb. 21, 2013. The trip was More

Marines patrol through the jungle March 19, 2013, at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Guam during a field training exercise as part of Exercise Guahan Shield. Marines conducted a force- More

The Marine Corps released a request for information for a suite of hearing enhancement devices to help Marines communicate better and increase their lethality on the battlefield. Marine Corps Systems Command wi More

Lance Cpl. Andrew Derr, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, scans an Afghan man's retinas with the Biometric Enrollment and Screening Device while conducting counter-insurgency operations in Helman More

Deidre Hooks, enhanced combat helmet team lead at Marine Corps Systems Command, fits the ECH onto Gunnery Sgt. Jose Hernandez, MCSC staff secretary administration chief. The helmet passed many stringent test pr More

Brian McConnell (left), of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, talks with Col. Michael Manning (holding weapon) and Lt. Col. Luis Lara about the new modular ballistic sight that has been added to the Shoulde More

Tina Bryant, a firefighter with the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Fire Department, demonstrates how her unit uses the enterprise-land mobile radio Aug. 27. Quantico completed its upgrade to the first-respond More

The Marine Corps is investing in a new fleet application designed to assist command leadership to proactively combat suicide and identify at-risk service members. The Integrated Clinical Management and Risk Mit More

2nd Lt. Andrew Petrevics, a student at The Basic School, passes by the fitLight Trainer sensor after completing the high-crawl obstacle on Marine Corps Systems Command's Marine Corps Load Effects Assessment Pro More

Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force practice loading and unloading inert rounds into the Non-Lethal, Tube-Launched Munitions System during their practical application training at Camp Lejeune, North Caro More

James Smerchansky (center), executive director of Marine Corps Systems Command, presents solar hybrid technology to an Indian delegation during a recent visit to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The visit More

Marines conduct a field user evaluation for the Identity Dominance System-Marine Corps, or IDS-MC, in Dahlgren, Virginia. In September, Marine Corps Systems Command completed fielding of the IDS-MC, which is a More

Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the Marine Corps, gives the keynote address Dec. 2 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando, Fla. Neller, along with other Marine C More

The Marine Corps fielded its first tactical information system to come standard with Windows 10 in February. The Combat Operations Center software release 6.0.4 and accompanying hardware deliver improved securi More

Master Sgt. Brad Colbert, project officer for small craft and special projects with Reconnaissance and Amphibious Raids at Marine Corps Systems Command, drives a Diver Propulsion Device July 18 at Lake Anna in More

Theater Medical Information Program-Marine Corps, the Corps’ version of the joint medical software that supports medical providers in tactical environments, was put to the test this summer during the largest mi More

Staff Sgt. Charles McKelvey, Public Affairs Systems program analyst at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates how a Marine can single-handedly setup the new Public Affairs Live Media Engagement System in le More

The Marine Corps Systems Command’s Cyber Advisory Team completed its first emergency cyber acquisition as part of a new process designed to more quickly respond to the cyber warfighting needs of the force. The More

U.S. Marines patrol during a live-fire raid training event, part of Mission Rehearsal Exercise, in southern Jordan Sept. 12, 2016. The MRX is a collective training event where the Marine Air Ground Task Force e More

Marines from Training and Education Command fire the M777 Lightweight 155mm Howitzer during a demonstration Oct. 20, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. During the demonstration, employees from Marine Corps More

Marine Corps Systems Command awarded a contract to BAE Systems to produce and deliver the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Following a successful Milestone C decision by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Resear More

Gunnery Sgt. Orin Backlund with School of Infantry–East from Camp Lejeune, N.C., evaluate a helmet retention system during an Infantry Equipping Challenge limited user evaluation in December aboard Marine Corps More

Cpls. Noah Paul and Geovanni Martinez, combat marksmanship coaches and Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer operators, fire M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles at the ISMT III training range aboard Marine Corps Base More

Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Land Capability Group on Dismounted Soldier Systems examine a prototype for exoskeleton technology April 5, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. During the three- More

An emergency dispatcher uses the newly-installed Consolidated Emergency Response System emergency dispatcher workstation aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. CERS aggregates multiple capabilities—Enhanced 91 More

Chief Hospital Corpsman Jared Anderson uses an Infrascanner to assess Master Gunnery Sgt. Maceo Mathis for intracranial hematomas--or bleeding within the skull--aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. The Infras More

During the seventh annual STEM camp at Quantico Middle/High School, students developed balloons filled with oatmeal, water, and red dye to simulate the brain, and had to develop a structure to protect the “bal More

Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas joins Marine Corps Systems Command acquisition experts aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, July 11, for a sneak peek at the latest gear for the 21st Century Mar More

A 3-D desktop printer creates a screw at the X-FAB, or Expeditionary Fabrication, Facility Aug. 1 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. X-FAB is a self-contained, transportable additive manufacturing lab comprised o More

Brig. Gen. Joseph Shrader, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, speaks to the crowd during the 2017 Acquisition Excellence Awards, hosted by Marine Corps Systems Command Aug. 8, aboard Marine Corps Base Q More

Ms. Allison Stiller, acting assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, administers the oath of office to John Garner during a Senior Executive Service appointment ceremony Sept. More

The Marine Corps continues to upgrade the turret system for the Light Armored Vehicle-Anti-Tank. The LAV Team at Marine Corps Systems Command continues to provide new equipment training to units receiving the A More

Flora “Mackie” Jordan, body armor engineer at Marine Corps Systems Command, recently developed a modular body armor system that is just as effective as, but 45 percent lighter than, the body armor system Marine More

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct patrols wearing prototype tropical utility uniforms Oct. 5, during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation exercise at Kahuku's Training Area, Hawaii. More

Individual Weapons project officer Gunnery Sgt. Brian Nelson prepares to draw the M007 concealed carry weapon. The M007 offers enhanced concealed carry capabilities, which includes a smaller frame, ambidextrous More

The medium terminals in the Very Small Aperture Terminal Family of Systems undergo interoperability evaluations at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity aboard Camp Pendleton, California. A Request for More

U.S. Marines from 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct the first amphibious landing in an Assault Breacher Vehicle with a Modified Full Width Mine Plow prototype during Exercise Steel Kni More

Heather Rodríguez (left), her husband José and a displaced family from Puerto Rico meet with Representative Stephanie Murphy (third from right) before the State of the Union Address to discuss with Congress the More

Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marines prepare to load Joint Light Tactical Vehicles onto Landing Craft Utility boats in preparation for a JLTV Multiservice Operational Test and Evaluation amphibious landing M More

Sgt. Randy Robles, Quantico Scout Sniper School instructor and Marine Corps Systems Command liaison, explains the features of the Mk13 Mod 7 Sniper Rifle during training aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virgi More

Brig. Gen. Joseph Shrader (right) passes the Marine Corps Systems Command Colors to new commander Brig. Gen. (Select) Arthur J. Pasagian in a Change of Command ceremony May 22, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico More

Chad Hildebrandt, Railway Operations supervisor, and Cliff Harmon, transporation engineer with the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Transportation Engineering Agency, inspect the chains at More

Marines from the 1st Marine Division test out the Mobile User Objective System at a Field User Evaluation in Camp Pendleton, California. MUOS is a satellite communication system that uses commercial cell phone More

Students at Quantico Middle/High School work with a mentor to launch a bottle rocket during the 8th annual Quantico Summer Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Academy June 29, aboard Marine Corps Base Qua More

Ground communications specialist Marines use the Networking On-the-Move-Airborne Increment II System on an MV-22 Osprey during a flight at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. This month, Marine More

Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity personnel hosted U.S. Marine Corps veterans who served with Marine Air Support Squadron 3 in Vietnam and their family members, as part of a 50th reunion tour this More

Lance Cpl. Sierra Walker, supply specialist with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, tests the Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps Release 12 upgrade while deployed before its official launch. The Marine Corp More

Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force learn how to operate the world's largest concrete 3D printer as it constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center i More

Maj. Ken Parisi, a logistics specialist at Marine Corps Systems Command, shows off his Ironman World Championship coin which signified his qualification into the race at Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth, So More

Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, speaks to the crowd during the command’s 2018 Acquisition Excellence Awards Aug. 29, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. MCSC holds More

Capt. Victor Castro (left), Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity engineer, provides over-the-shoulder training to Cpl. Jonathan Parlett (right), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit data systems administer, More

Members look out the tail end of a C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 3rd Airlift Squadron Sept. 5, 2018. Marine Corps Systems Command land systems defense acquisition engineers and logisiticans visited Dover AF More

Program Executive Officer Land Systems put the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 through high surf testing in December 2018 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The vehicle successfully navigated through waves More

Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded four Other Transaction Authorities to assess industry’s capability to produce a Next Generation Handheld Targeting System that is compact, rugged and lightweight. Curren More

Whether spreading joy during the holidays or throughout the year, these Marine Corps Systems Command employees are making history in the lives of their own children and those in their communities. Meet MCSC’s 2 More

Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity engineers and technical experts tested various command and control systems in the afloat environment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Jan. 11, w More

Marines and civilian acquisition professionals pose with a stainless-steel 3D-printed impeller in Twentynine Palms, California. In January 2019, Marine Corps Systems Command reviewed the results of 3D printed i More

The Medium and Heavy Tactical Vehicles program office at Program Executive Officer Land Systems invited members from the National Advanced Mobility Consortium to get a closer look at the Medium Tactical Vehicle More

Marines, engineers and technical experts from Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity hosted nearly 200 business leaders from across the country during an Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry Feb. 6, a More

Marines with Marine Corps Recruiting Command G3 Team develop user stories for the Marine Corps Recruiting Information Support System II Feb. 8, in Stafford, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command has partnered More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Caleb Wu (left), Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity naval systems integration officer, speaks to Naval Acquisition Development Program entry-level employees during a tour of More

Sgt. Maj. Keith Massi (left) relinquishes the sword of office during a relief and appointment ceremony Feb. 8, at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity headquarters aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendle More

A U.S. Marine walks through a village wearing a backpack system used to counter remotely detonated explosive devices. Marine Corps Systems Command plans to implement a system similar to this device that can be More

Capt. Nick Berger, project officer in Infantry Weapons at Marine Corps Systems Command, holds the M320A1 during a weeklong review of the system. In March 2019, MCSC’s Ground Combat Element Systems examined the More

Marines and industry partners observe vehicle mounted autonomous drone solutions during an Installation neXt Mobility symposium and industry day event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 7. (U. More

Staff Sgt. Paul McCollough, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator and Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Specialist at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, uses an industrial machine to produce 3D-printed objects aboard Mari More

Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, and MCSC’s Logistics Director Rich Sessions meet prior to the second Ground Acquisition Sustainment Summit June 11, aboard Marine Corps Base More

Capt. Andrew DeLannoy, EOD team project officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Ultra-Light Robot July 3, in Stafford, Virginia. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Corps will field More

Capt. Julian D’Orsaneo (left), Marine Corps Systems Command’s project officer for Networking On-the-Move, examines the NOTM system during Island Marauder’s Network Integration Event July 16, aboard Marine Corps More

Marines from 7th Engineer Support Battalion along with engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory construct a concrete bunker during a 3D concrete printing exer More

Master Gunnery Sgt. Armando Quintanilla, the project officer for Vehicle Automated Diagnostic Systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, received the Eugene M. Stoner Award, presented to a staff noncommissioned o More

James F. Geurts, the assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, speaks to the crowd about the importance of acquisition, Aug. 15, 2019 at the Marine Corps Ground Acquisition Awar More

Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, addresses the crowd during the Acquisition Excellence Awards Aug. 20, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico. The event enables Marine Corps senio More

William Bush, lead Information Systems Security Manager at Marine Corps Systems Command, closed the event with a presentation about the command’s cybersecurity branch Sept. 13 at the Advanced Planning Briefing More

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, gives his keynote address Sept. 17, 2019, at the 2019 Modern Day Marine Military Exposition, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Vir More

Michael Poe (right), team lead for the Mobility/Counter Mobility program at Marine Corps Systems Command, and Kim Foster, MCSC’s strategic engagement and community relations lead, engage with guests at the comm More

Rod Montgomery, a logistician for Program Executive Officer Land Systems, addresses the crowd during his retirement ceremony, Dec. 16 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Montgomery has assisted Marine More

The Naval Integration Team at Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, aboard the USS America, poses in front of an F-35B Lightning II aircraft Jan. 18, in Okinawa, Japan. In January, the team conducted More

Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force practice shooting the M320A1 grenade launcher Jan. 31 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Marine Corps Systems Command fielded the M320A1 to II MEF More

A view of a Marine through the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle at night. In January, a group of Marines with The Basic School assessed the Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle—night vision system comprising More

Col. John T. Gutierrez, Marine Corps Systems Command’s portfolio manager for Logistics Combat Element Systems, presents the first Lt. Gen. “Brute” Krulak Award to Ron Diefenbach, May 7 in Stafford, Virginia. Di More

A Marine instructor shoots the M18 Modular Handgun System at a firing range during Instructor and Key Personnel Training June 25 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command began f More

The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the Marine Corps from supporting the warfighter. It also did not stop Marine Corps Systems Command from recognizing superior achievements by its acquisition professionals.

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 C More

Wesley Storke, a maintenance worker at Marine Corps Systems Command, tests a technology that measures chemicals produced by a fogger machine that eliminates COVID-19 germs, on Aug. 19 aboard Marine Corps Base Q More

John Hernandez, a new equipment trainer supporting Marine Corps Systems Command, helps a Marine adjust her Plate Carrier Generation III, Oct. 22 aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. MCSC addressed issue More

Capt. Caleb Haney, a project officer with the Program Manager for Infantry Combat Equipment at Marine Corps Systems Command, assembles the Marine Corps Intense Cold Weather Boot Nov. 13 aboard Marine Corps Base More

A Marine with 5th Marines reviews and provides feedback on a new Marine Corps website, the Infantry Weapons Information Tool, Jan. 15, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. This easy-to-use, Comm More

CWO4 Dave Tomlinson, infantry weapons officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Squad Common Optic attached to the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle, Feb. 10, aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virgi More

A player for Headquarters and Service Battalion’s flag football team leaps to catch the ball during an intramural game at Butler Stadium on Nov. 19. The teams who compete in the league consist of Marines as wel More

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., right, poses for a photo with Maj. Gen. Michael G. Dana, third from left, and other personnel in front of the USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T More

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., left, greets the deputy director while visiting Marine Corps Support Facility-Blount Island, Jacksonville, FL, Feb 20, 2013. The trip was More

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. John M. Paxton, Jr., left, greets Col. Donald J. Davis during a visit to Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany, GA, Feb. 21, 2013. The trip was part of a lar More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Paul Gates, commanding officer, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, pauses during a dismounted patrol with Afghan National Civil Order Policemen during Operation Califor More