The Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency's Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection Repair Team (CEMIRT) at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., was tasked to inspect and repair 17 generators that will be used to help power Yokota and Misawa air bases in Japan. As a result of the damage to the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March, the Japanese government has instituted a mandate for large consumers to reduce energy consumption by a minimum of 25 percent. This mandate includes all U.S. military installations in Japan. "To maintain the needs of the mission at our bases in Japan, the government tasked us with supplying the generators, which will make up for the lost power," said Gary Campbell, the CEMIRT Power Systems Foreman. "Our generators will furnish the energy needs at Yokota and Misawa for approximately two years."
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