U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mark Vetere, left, assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 1, demonstrates additive manufacturing equipment for his brother, U.S. Navy Lt. Adam Vetere, right, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, June 19, 2019. The Vetere brothers both utilize additive manufacturing technology in their military units. NMCB-1 is homeported in Gulfport, Mississippi, and is planning to implement additive manufacturing into daily battalion operations in order to meet future mission requirements. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. David White)
Many siblings serve together in the military, but not many are able to leverage their family ties to give back and further their units. For the Vetere brothers, they are leveraging each other's experience in their different units to initiate and implement additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, to their respective units.
Twin brothers, U.S. Navy Lt. Adam Vetere and U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Mark Vetere, are natives of Andover, Massachusetts. Adam, currently serving as a Civil Engineer Corps officer assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, is working with Chief Utilitiesman Justin Walker and Electronics Technician 1st Class James Merryman to implement additive manufacturing into daily battalion...
