But that’s changed significantly in recent years, as thousands of items that are still in demand have made their way to units that still need them. The majority of the time, when that material is attached to an afloat unit or a shore station, it’s kind of locked in. “We started off with a local unit, an expeditionary command that had excess material that they no longer needed,” he said. Is there a certain trend where things are breaking more on this type of aircraft versus this other aircraft? They’re looking for ways to provide some supplemental labor for Robert and his team up there.