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| Military recruits getting Made-in-the-USA athletic trainers |
| 2019-01-28 |
| [Army Times - AP] NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine ‐ Thanks to congressional intervention, military recruits are going be outfitted in Made-in-the-USA goods right down to their sneakers used for physical fitness training. New Balance in New England, along with two companies based in Texas and Missouri, is producing Made-in-the-USA running shoes for military recruits ‐ bolstering domestic production at a time when nearly all footwear purchased in the U.S. is made overseas. The contract reflects only a sliver of the 3 million New Balance sneakers produced each year in the U.S. ‐ and even more worldwide. But it's a big victory for workers at a plant in a quiet town of 3,500 people bisected by the Kennebec River, who say they are proud to be helping the military. "We put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into making this shoe because we know where it's going," said Brandon Munroe, one of the 348 workers producing the military footwear at the New Balance plant in Norridgewock, Maine. |
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