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Designed to Save Lives On October 3, 2008, the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) at Cherry Point, North Carolina, dedicated a Combat Vehicle Operator’s Training (CVOT) course located at the northwest corner of the air station. The 7,000-linear-foot serpentine CVOT course has been constructed to add a “real-life” combat training element to MCAS Cherry Point’s existing classroom, maintenance, driving, and convoy operations curriculum. With construction completed in July, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Driver School has already begun training Marines in both day and night runs through the CVOT. Combat Vehicle Operator’s Training Course Prepares Marines, Boosts Confidence The U.S. Department of Defense identified the need for CVOT courses, like that constructed at MCAS Cherry Point, because of a significant increase in the number of deaths from vehicle rollovers in Iraq. When armored, the HMMWV M1114 (Humvee) is 12,100 pounds gross and reduces the driver’s total visibility. The armored vehicles help protect soldiers’ lives from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) but have proven more difficult for the soldiers to maneuver, especially in the hazardous terrain experienced in Iraq. “If one life is saved from construction of the MCAS Cherry Point CVOT course,” says Joseph H. Meadows, project manager, Cherry Point Facilities Engineering Department, Civil Division, “it will be worth it.” Having identified a need for the CVOT course at MCAS Cherry Point, Base Command conducted an initial feasibility study and estimated cost. Marine Combat Engineers also provided obstacle concepts and a CVOT course bill of materials. Dewberry was hired to design the CVOT course as well as prepare the necessary environmental permits. Dewberry surveyed the approximately 18-acre site and developed the site plan, grading and stormwater plan, as well as the erosion control plan. In addition, Dewberry engineered the obstacle concepts in order to provide a durable and lasting course. Dewberry was also responsible for coordinating erosion and sediment control (E&SC) permit approval from the North Carolina 2

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Dimensions - November/December 2008
Contents
Engineering the Combat Vehicle Operator’s Training Course
Improving Long-Term Rehabilitative Care for Veterans
Exploring Current Asset Management Needs
Paying Tribute to Two Dewberry Leaders
Regional Jail Expands in Virginia
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Contents
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Engineering the Combat Vehicle Operator’s Training Course
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - 3
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Improving Long-Term Rehabilitative Care for Veterans
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Exploring Current Asset Management Needs
Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Paying Tribute to Two Dewberry Leaders
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Dimensions - November/December 2008 - Regional Jail Expands in Virginia
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