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diers, civilians perform mission
on a commercial customer before they pro-
at ceed with purchasing the equipment. The
m- primary customer at the ETF is the Army
p- but they have also worked with the Air
a. Force, Marines, Navy and several gov-
old ernment agencies and in the commercial
a industry. The ETF supports, on an aver-
or age, 45 environmental tests per year.
res data on a laptop while testing equipment at the
onmental Test Facility on Fort Huachuca.
rsonnel to see the effects first-hand of how salt will
can be displayed on an object. A strobe light is used Herald Vahle, environmental test facility manager, wears what the team calls a “bunny suit” while entering one of the temperature cham-
ws the movements to be visible to the human eye. bers. The chambers, which are usually run at 100 degrees below zero, require that personnel be covered completely to avoid harm from
the drastic low temperatures while testing equipment.
