big SMALL SITES, opportunities Neighboring sites in Pennsylvania may be small, but they play important roles for Boeing—and for warfighters By Richard Esposito and photos by Bob Ferguson During his 23 years as a U.S. Marine, Keith Johnson made 1,698 parachute jumps. He knows the exact number because he has a record of every one—321 low-level static line jumps and 1,377 free-fall jumps. On many of those jumps Johnson carried a piece of equipment made by Boeing that he hoped he would never have to use—an emergency rescue locater. “All of our team members had it on our backs as an emergency radio we’d use if we needed it,” Johnson recalled. “I never used it. But I knew it was there.” Just in case. Johnson left the Marine Corps about a year and a half ago and joined Boeing. He’s a senior quality engineer at Boeing’s manufacturing facility PHOTO: Keith Johnson, left, and Jamie Rietheimer inspect a recently assembled Combat Survivor Evader Locater, or CSEL, radio. 26 Frontiers September 2014
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