Army news service (Aug. 8, 2005): Humvees now rolling from new refurb site.CAMP ARIFJAN Camp Arifjan is a United States Army base with elements of the US Air Force, US Marine Corps, US Navy and US Coast Guard stationed there as well. Romanian, Polish, Australian and British military personnel are also stationed at Camp Arifjan. , Kuwait -- An Aug. 1 ceremony officially started operations for a new Humvee refurbishment and up-armor facility near Kuwait. The facility has Army orders to roll out 300 ready-for-combat vehicles per month to support operations in Iraq. The large, 87,000 sq. ft. air-conditioned warehouse was leased in early June by Eagle Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services Corporation, Huntsville, Ala., and falls under the Army Field Support Brigade, Southwest Asia Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion . Humvees are transported here by convoy from Iraq and receive whatever maintenance is required, along with added armor, prior to their return to combat. To date, more than 20,600 combat vehicles have been up-armored in the Southwest Asia Theater. "Look around you today and you see vehicles. Not just any vehicles, you see up-armored Humvees.... All of those vehicles tell a story, and in some cases it's the story of men and women that were kept alive by the very fact that they were in an armored vehicle," said Brig Brig, town, Switzerland Brig (brēk), Fr. Brigue, town, Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River, at the north entrance of the Simplon Tunnel. . Gen. Kevin Leonard, commander of the Army Materiel Command Army Materiel Command can refer to:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The refurbishment site operates 12 hours per day, seven days per week, and requires a workforce of more than 350 workers. Most are mechanics specialized in engine work, air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. , transmissions, wheel assemblies, and electric motors. This is the first facility in-theater designed specifically to repair and up-armor Humvees. Other smaller facilities within Southwest Asia have the ability to up-armor and repair a combination of the Army's tactical combat vehicle inventory. |
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