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The life span for a pair of eyeglasses in Iraq is about two months.

“Because of the sandstorms just beating on the glasses, they aren’t useful,” said Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Brunell, noncommissioned officer in charge at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center, Europe...

Prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the center produced an average of 4,900 glasses a month. Since the attacks, total orders have increased to 7,500 a month, with about 1,200 of those glasses going to soldiers downrange.