Dennis McGough, a quality assurance specialist with the Defense Contract Management Agency’s San Diego office poses for a photo just before entering the a contractor’s facility to perform inspections on a subcomponent of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System at a contractor’s facility in Tupelo, Mississippi, May 29 2020. Due to their essential role in providing vital quality assurance expertise, McGough and many quality assurance specialists across DCMA continued to work through the pandemic while following Department of Defense and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. (Photo Courtesy DCMA San Diego)