Marines to Buy Bulletproof Panels for Recruiting Stations
Marine Recruiting Station Baltimore (Marine Photo)
Military.com Jul 26, 2016 | by Hope Hodge Seck
A year after a terror-motivated mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, left four Marines and a sailor dead, the Marine Corps has begun the process of shoring up recruiting centers against the prospect of similar attacks in the future.
The Corps published a solicitation this month for bullet-resistant cubicle covers for each of roughly 1,500 Marine Corps recruiting centers nationwide.
These panels will be certified at Level 8 or above on the Underwriters Laboratory scale of bullet resistance, capable of withstanding five shots from a 7.62mm rifle lead-core full-metal copper jacket military ball, according to the solicitation. That's a level of protection far exceeding what many banks and credit unions use for bullet-resistant dividers.
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