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Army Depot Wins Prestigious Awards

Army Depot Wins Prestigious Awards - Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 5:30PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 @05:30pm EST
TOBYHANNA, MONROE COUNTY- Tobyhanna Army Depot employees worked hard to become champions. They recently earned a prestigious Shingo Award. It's considered the Nobel Prize of the manufacturing industry.

It's the second year in a row the Army Depot has won a Shingo Award. They've competed against some of the top companies in the country for the honor. "We compete against all those great companies like Toyota and major firms around the world, fortune 500 companies," said Colonel Ron Alberto.

This year the depot earned the award for work on the fire fighter radar system Alberto explained, "It identifies where the enemy is shooting from before their round actually hits our fortress."

Radar technician Shawn Boyer added, "Therefore we have time to fire back and hopefully destroy those rockets and mortars that potentially would land in the fob."

To Boyer his work is not just a job, it's an important mission. One that's special to him because he used the radar while he fought in Iraq. "I think about what I went through and I know what they must be experiencing and my goal is to make sure that this piece of equipment is out there and 100%," he said.

If the equipment fails, Shawn could lose a fellow soldier. That thought motivates employees here more than any award ever could. Alberto said, "Although it's nice to carry this gold medal around and to advertise it, it's really about taking care of our customers in the field so that they can do the great and wonderful things they're doing for our nation."

Wonderful things that wouldn't be possible without the workers from Northeast Pennsylvania.
 


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