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Article: Marine Corps news (Aug. 7, 2006): combat zone ingenuity protects Marines, earns $5,000.(Acquisition & Logistics Excellence)
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CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq -- Seven Marines were presented with a $5,000 award for their combat zone ingenuity in designing and creating a protective armor kit for military forklifts and front end loaders, commonly called TRAMs, at a ceremony here Aug. 6.
Those awarded--welders and mechanics assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward)--were selected for the recognition by the Marine Corps' Beneficial Suggestion Program after fabricating from scratch a steel cover, complete with protective glass windows, that fits over the cab of the TRAM.
TRAM is the Marine Corps acronym for "Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, ...