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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it probably saved lives, limbs and property. The leaders of the North Carolina National Guard's 690th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) used Chuck the Safety Duck, a small rubber duck complete with reflective belt and eye protection, as an innovative way to remind soldiers of the importance of safety during five days of rail operations this June at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Yermo Annex, California.
The Soldiers of the unit offloaded heavy equipment and vehicles without injury or loss in temperatures of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the face of wind guests of nearly 50 miles per hour in the California desert.
The mission is part of the 30th ABCT's deployment of more than 400 tracked vehicles and more than 1,000 wheeled vehicles for training at Fort Irwin, National Training Center in California this June, in preparation for deployment overseas, their third deployment since 9-11, later this fall.
| Date Taken: | 06.21.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 06.21.2019 17:10 |
| Story ID: | 328735 |
| Location: | YERMO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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