
“In my 19 years in the Navy, I have never built a building this big,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Damron, a supervisor for the construction of the 12,000 square-foot structure. “This is the largest wooden structure I’ve ever seen Seabees build.”
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Petty Officer 1st Class Garrison Hardisty, project supervisor, said he had no doubt in Church’s ability to adjust to the challenge, and proof of that is the recent completion of the MEB-Afghanistan COC.
“That’s what Seabees do, we make do with what little we have,” Hardisty said.
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