Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 30-year length-of-service award to Michael Tourville Jr. during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Tourville is the deputy configuration manager in the Acquisition Policy and Process Department. (U.S. Navy photo)

Colin Grey, a program manager in the Acquisition Policy and Process Department (AIR 1.1), accepts a 30-year length-of-service award during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 30-year length-of-service award to Michael Denny during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Denny is the Business Process team lead in the Acquisition Policy and Process Department. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 30-year length-of-service award to William “Buck” Buchanan during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Buchanan is the deputy assistant commander for AIR 1.0. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 25-year length-of-service award to Joseph Janus during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Janus is the Strategic Planning and Processes integrated product team lead in the Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 25-year length-of-service award to Dan Skane during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Skane is the deputy program manager for Communication and Mission Systems in the Air Combat Electronics Program Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 25-year length-of-service award to Shane DeNinno during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. DeNinno is the deputy director of Policy, Training, Continuous Process Improvement and Special Projects in the International Programs Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 25-year length-of-service award to Peter Lee during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Lee is the assistant program manager for Aviation Shipboard Integration (AIR 1.2), Gerald R. Ford class (CVN 78) carriers. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a 20-year length-of-service award to Vicky Smalls during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Smalls is the Component Improvement Program Foreign Military Sales case manager in the International Programs Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a five-year length-of-service award to Tammy Coryel during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Coryel is a foreign military sales program analyst in the Air Combat Electronics Program Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a five-year length-of-service award to Donna Stewart during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Stewart is a foreign military sales program analyst in the International Programs Office. (U.S. Navy photo)

Keith Sanders, right, the former assistant commander for Acquisition (AIR 1.0), presents a five-year length-of-service award to Heather Jacobs during a ceremony May 7 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Jacobs is the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) program manager in the Acquisition Workforce Development and Training Office. (U.S. Navy photo)