Uncomfortable Question. Why is Colonel Moore still at the EFV Program Office?

Colonel Moore with the EFV during testing at Pendleton.

Colonel Moore's Bio via Wikipedia.

Keith M. Moore is a colonel in the United States Marine Corps who is the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program manager.[1]
Colonel Moore was born in Phoenix, AZ. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics) degree from theUniversity of Oklahoma, Norman, OK in 1986.
In May 1986, Colonel Moore attended The Basic School (Basic Officers’ Course 5-86) at Quantico, Virginia. Upon graduating from The Basic School in November 1986, he attended the Assault Amphibian Officers’ course at Camp Pendleton, CA and was subsequently assigned to 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, NC. While there, he served as a Platoon Commander and Company Executive Officer.
Colonel Moore was next assigned to Recruiting Station, Lansing, MI as the OIC, Officer Selection Station, East Lansing from December 1989 to June 1992. After completing his recruiting tour, he attended the Amphibious Warfare School, Quantico, VA. Upon graduation in May 1993, he returned to 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion where he served as the Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of Bravo Company. In April 1995, he was selected to attend Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Upon completion of his Masters’ degree in Management from NPS, he was assigned to the Office of the Direct Reporting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault. He served consecutively as the Operations Officer and the Director of Systems Testing until May 2000. During this tour he attended the Intermediate Test and Evaluation course and Advanced Program Managers’ course. He was subsequently assigned the Acquisition Management Officer MOS.
In June 2000, Colonel Moore was assigned as the Executive Officer, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton CA. He served in that billet from June 2000-July 2002. He then served as the G-3 Training Officer, 1st Marine Division. After that assignment, he was assigned as the Inspector-Instructor for the 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Tampa, FL. In August 2005, he was again assigned to the Direct Reporting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault. He served as the Director of Test and Evaluation from July 2007-August 2008. In August 2008, Colonel Moore reported to the Office of PM AAA for duty as the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Program Manager.
Colonel Moore completed the Marine Corps Command and Staff College by correspondence and is a graduate of the Defense Acquisition University Program Manager’s Course.
Colonel Moore’s personal decorations include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with gold star in lieu of 2nd award).

The Marine Corps needs to ask itself a serious question.

Why is Colonel Moore still at the Program Office?

No flaming.  No ranting.  Just an observation.

Colonel Moore has been the director of whatever you want to name the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle Program since 2008.  In Marine Land that's a long time to be at one position.  In Program Office Land that is an eternity.

I don't know Colonel Moore.  Never met him.  He has a pretty good record, has shown initiative to try and keep on his career track but he's been away from the fleet for a VERY VERY VERY LONG TIME.

Could this be a reason why this program is lagging?  Because we don't have a fresh set of eyes tackling the issues?  Could we be seeing the effects of burnout in what is the most serious ground program the USMC has going?

Is the Marine Corps failing Colonel Moore and by extension failing itself?

I don't know but this is peculiar.  Even if you're homesteading you're usually ready to go after more than 8 years in a posting.  This screams out for review.  As a comparison, consider that the average length of service for a Program Manager for the F-35 is around 2.5 years.