MARADMINS : 423/05
R 161201Z SEP 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 423/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MARCORSYSCOM PM-ICE//
SUBJ/IMPROVEMENT TO CORRECTIVE VISION INSERTS FOR MILITARY EYE
/PROTECTION SYSTEM (MEPS)//
REF/A/MARADAMIN 149-05/-/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 149-05 IS CORRECTIVE VISION INSERTS
AVAILABLE FOR BALLISTIC EYE PROTECTION//
POC/MR JOSHUA GOOD/PROJECT OFFICER/PM ICE/LOC:QUANTICO
/TEL:DSN 378-3303/EMAIL:JOSHUA.GOOD.CTR@USMC.MIL//
POC/MR JIM DARRAH/TECHNICAL LEAD/NOSTRA/LOC:YORKTOWN/TEL:DSN 953-7149
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POC/MAJ WENDELL LEIMBACH/TEAM LEADER/PM ICE/LOC:QUANTICO
/EMAIL:WENDELL.LEIMBACH@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PER REF A, MARINES WERE AUTHORIZED CORRECTIVE
VISION INSERTS FOR THE MILITARY EYE PROTECTION SYSTEM (MEPS) (AKA
'BALLISTIC EYEWEAR', 'BALLISTIC GOGGLE/SPECTACLES'). THESE
CORRECTIVE VISION INSERTS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED. THE LENSES WILL NOW
BE MADE WITH A POLYCARBONATE VICE CR-39 LENS MATERIAL. THIS
IMPROVEMENT RESULTS IN A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES SUPERIOR BALLISTIC
PROTECTION. IN ADDITION, IF THE PRIMARY GOGGLE/SPECTACLE LENS IS
COMPROMISED BY AN OVERMATCH PROJECTILE (I.E. LARGE FRAGMENT) THE
CORRECTIVE LENSES MADE FROM THE POLYCARBONATE MATERIAL WILL BREAK
INTO FEWER AND LESS HAZARDOUS PIECES.
2. ACTION. ALL PERSONNEL WHO HAVE RECEIVED CORRECTIVE INSERTS FOR
MEPS PRIOR TO JULY 2005 SHOULD ORDER NEW CORRECTIVE VISION INSERTS
VIA THEIR BATTALION AID STATION. THE OLD CR-39 INSERTS REMAIN
SERVICEABLE UNTIL REPLACED AND SHOULD BE WORN WITH THE MEPS SYSTEM.
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