VSE Opens New Operations Center in Pennsylvania
Supporting the Mission of the Letterkenny Army Depot
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.--
VSE Corporation (Nasdaq GM:VSEC) celebrated the opening of a new office in Chambersburg, PA, this week to provide sustained and focused support for Letterkenny Army Depot's Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems. Most recently, Letterkenny has expanded its product line to include the overhaul of tactical wheeled vehicles, material handling equipment, and mobile kitchen trailers.
VSE's Field Services Support Division is currently providing staff to support Letterkenny's Logistics Modernization Program (LMP). VSE has also supported the development and application of Power Generation Sets in sizes from 5KW to 60KW, a key mission of Letterkenny's Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Mobile Electric Power Systems.
"VSE is excited about being a member of the Chambersburg business community, and we look forward to earning our way into this impressive group," said VSE CEO Maurice "Mo" Gauthier. "We bring the three things we prize most: our integrity, our agility, and our value to the client."
Other officials participating in the event included State Senator Terry Punt (District 33); State Representative Rob Kauffman (86th District); Letterkenny Army Deport Deputy Commander Dr. John Gray and Sergeant Major Curtis Green; Franklin County Commissioner David Keller; Chambersburg Mayor Peter Lagiovane; Shippensburg Mayor Bruce Hockersmith; Jeremy Shoemaker (Field Service Rep to State Representative Bill Shuster PA-09); and President of the Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Dave Sciamanna.
Sergeant Major Curtis Green commented, "We provide worldwide, reliable, responsive, and cost-effective depot-level maintenance capabilities, nationally and forward deployed, that ensure flexible and focused support to the war fighter. We welcome VSE to the team."
"Chambersburg was just named the 12th best small town in the U.S." said Mayor Lagiovane. "The area has plenty of job opportunities, and we look forward to a partnership with VSE in working towards our continued growth."
Established in 1959, VSE solves problems across the country and around the world with integrity, agility and diverse capabilities. VSE is dedicated to helping clients achieve success by offering talented people and innovative solutions in the engineering, information technology, infrastructure construction management, energy and environment, defense, law enforcement, and homeland security markets from locations across the United States and around the world. For more information on VSE services, products and global solutions please see the Company's web site at www.vsecorp.com or contact the new Chambersburg office Senior Business Manager Randy Romine at (717) 263-0300.
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Source: VSE Corporation
Released September 16, 2008