Iowa Arsenal welders finish truck armor project for war on terror

A lot of the time, people forget how crucial the work of welders is to our safety and security. Welders and assemblers at the Rock Island Arsenal have worked at a feverish pace recently to finish 1,000-plus armor kits for U.S. Army trucks in Iraq. The project was completed Friday when the 1,115 kits were packed and shipped to soldiers fighting in the Middle East.

Hundreds of employees gave up weekends, vacations and family time as they worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week to fulfill the urgent need, said Col. Bruce Elliott, commander of the arsenal's Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center. The armor fits around the cab of the military transport vehicles threatened daily by improvised explosive devices and insurgent attacks.

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