FRCE leading organic manufacturing efforts across Defense Department
Jack Forehand, a machinist in the Manufacturing Machine Shop at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), uses a Faro arm coordinate measuring machine to demonstrate how machinists verify dimensions on an aft cabin fitting manufactured for use on an H-53 heavy-lift helicopter. The Manufacturing Machine Shop at FRCE steps in to bridge the gap by manufacturing items on-site at the depot when they become unobtainable through traditional acquisition methods. FRCE produces about 75 percent of the organic manufacturing completed across the Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) enterprise.