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CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Sept. 2, 2005) -- Gear that is brand new to the Marine Corps and has a high-dollar value first comes to the Initial Issues Provision and is then distributed out to the units who request or need the gear. “All units use the IIP to obtain gear that is not readily available through the supply system,” said Cpl. Thomas D. McKenzie, IIP operations chief. “From the new brown T-shirts, enhanced [Small-Arms Protective Inserts], brand new up armored humvees and the [Explosive Ordnance Vehicles], we get it if it is brand new. Once we get it, we push...