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Advanced manufacturing is a combination

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of welding , machining , and 3D

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printing . 3D printing can consist of

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metal objects or polymer objects . When

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you combine all these , you get

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advanced manufacturing capabilities .

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But it's not just about the

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capabilities that can be brought to the

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front lines . It's about the marines'

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minds , and every single marine that I

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have here in this shop is extremely

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smart . During an exercise , a 3D

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printer was placed on a V22 offspring .

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While in transit , it 3D printed a cast

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for a marine . After the cast was

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printed , it was molded and placed on

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the marine's arm . It was scanned on my

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arm and they used a disappearing spray

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paint . Continued to scan my arm and

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then they post processed it on the

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computer as it was scanning . It was

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then brought into a 3D printer and

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printed from there . My favorite part

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about working at the fabrication shop

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is learning new ways and cross

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referencing different ways and ideas to

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better maintain and create quality

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parts to better support the mission .

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To put a value on time and money saved

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in the Marine Corps for parts , it's

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tough . There's not enough quantifiable

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data out there . But if I dove into

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each specific part . You would be able

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to pull the data from that . For

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instance , a MOS antenna , it breaks in

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the center , and to buy that single

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part , you can't . You have to buy the

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next higher assembly . The next higher

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assembly is $5600 . We can create that

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same part for $10 giving it back to the

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unit . And making it operational again .

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So far we've given 65 of these parts

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out to units around Camp Pendleton .

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The fabrication platoon provides high

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quality fabrication solutions that

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empower 1 MEF units to leverage rapid

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prototyping and innovation for mission

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requirements . Determination and

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perseverance has kept us on the path

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for innovation in a contested logistics

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environment .