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  • Seabee Ingenuity Creates New OIF Vehicle Armor

    05/07/2004 8:26:52 AM PDT · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 26 replies · 2,646+ views
    Navy News Stand ^ | May 4, 2004 | Chief Journalist Siegfried Bruner
    Seabee Ingenuity Creates New OIF Vehicle ArmorStory Number: NNS040504-08Release Date: 5/4/2004 7:16:00 PMBy Chief Journalist Siegfried Bruner, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group Public AffairsCAMP MOREELL, Kuwait (NNS) -- Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 used ingenuity and initiative to fabricate vehicle protection for convoys heading into harm’s way during Operation Iraqi Freedom in April. Steelworker 1st Class (SCW) Jeffrey Ballas and a crew of eight other steelworkers from NMCB 74 developed an enterprising armor concept and presented the cardboard templates to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (MEG) for review. Once the brainstorm was approved,...