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Article: FISC Pearl Harbor awards largest contract in its 66-year history.
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- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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On Oct. 7, 2008, the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, awarded the largest contract in its 66-year history. The contract covers Range and Base Operating Services at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), located on the northwest coast of the Garden Island of Kauai.
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A casual stroll through PMRF reveals little clue of the importance of the base. Nestled i alongside a nine-mile ribbon of white sand beach in one of the most remote and peaceful corners of Kauai, PMRF can be a nature lover's delight. Turtles weighing hundreds of pounds dot its shallows, monk seals can sometimes be found sunning on its beach, and ...