Here are some comments from our customers.

Feel free to email us with your thoughts or comments to be included in this section.  
 

DRASH Support

June 2008

"I would like to thank you and some of your fellow workers for the timely support you have provided us on the DRASH we are using and especially in the last few weeks. We are trying to integrate an Engineering Development Unit for our Battery Support Center and without you coming bay and/or answering my questions on the phone we would be working in 120 degrees instead of 78 degrees. I have been working out there today and it sure is comfortable."

-- Roy E. Fosnight, Jr, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Staff Logistics Engineer   

DRASH as Medical Treatment Facilities

December 2005

"The tents were such a success that many patients wanted to spend time in them even when they were not sick."

-- Nick Lobel-Weiss, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders, following relief efforts in Northern Pakistan after the 2005 South Asian Earthquake.   

January 2006

"We had to parachute down and set up resuscitation and surgery capability at night. Our Army GP Medium tent that we had at the time would have been labor-intensive and taken up to 1-1/2 hours to set up in the dark, so the team ended up using a DRASH shelter that fit on the back of a HMWWV attached to a parachute and took only 20 minutes to put together. It was actually fun to deploy and set the shelter up. They look fragile, but they are really durable and resistant. In The two-ply flooring system also kept out the pouring rain."

-- Col. Harry Stinger, Army Forward Surgical Team Commander

April 2006

"We can go anywhere. We can set up anywhere. There's nothing like this currently in existence in the United States."

-- Dr. J. Robert Galvin, Commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Health, speaking about the state's new 100-bed mobile medical facility.

August 2007

"The DRASH shelters are a big improvement over the GP Medium, a large, heavy canvas tent that was used before the DRASH tent. All you have to do is push the tent up, strap the tent down and you're good."

-- Sgt. Taylor Legget, Nashville, TN, 414th Chemical Company during Army Reserve Red Dragon exercise to simulate and evaluate the Reserve's readiness to handle a catastrophe of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and CBRNE nature.

Winter 2008

"It could handle the strain and stress put on it, not just to run the shelter, but also by what goes on in the shelter. There was ample power left over even after we used the HVAC. Everything was self-contained in the the one trailer. The ability to not only take each shelter unit individually, but make a community of shelters. There are just so many things you could actually do with it."

-- Matt Kallmyer, Deputy Director of Emergency Preparedness, New Orleans

DRASH as Command and Control Shelters

April 2004

"…We started with a few DRASH and UST, and now they have proliferated throughout the ADA Branch and the Army. DHS Systems has brought a capability and quality of life to "the field" (where we work) that we heretofore thought unthinkable. My pride in your company, and what it has done and continues to do for our Army, cannot be over emphasized."

"I just returned from Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, AZ (about 35 miles west and south of Phoenix), where an Air and Missile Defense Task Force is supporting the Joint Air to Ground Combat Exercise. DRASH were set up to support combat operations for the 2d Bn 43d ADA (Patriot). Some of the DRASH and USTs from the 108th ADA Bde were there also to assist in the support. The air conditioning from the ECUs made life inside the shelters very comfortable. However, the 1st Bn 200th ADA (FAAD) (NMARNG) where I did most of my work was conducting operations out of the Army's SICPS. I was exceedingly uncomfortable in my slacks and polo shirt. I could only imagine what the soldiers were going through in their sleeves down BDUs with flak jackets and load bearing equipment. Many were soaking wet from the sweat. A few elected to work in their T-shirts but the heat noticeably affected their performance. The shelter I'm speaking of was less than 50 feet away from the DRASH area."

"My first recommendation was that 1-200 take down the SICPS and back their vehicle up to the DRASH facility. Hopefully, they'll take my advice. I had to return to El Paso in order to get ready for another trip. They had not made the move before I left. The temperature inside the SICPS was over 100 degrees. My experience from Fort Polk in the SICPS showed the computers failing after 115 degrees. Tim and I have seen the temperatures inside the SICPS hit 140 degrees (when the butyl rubber seams begin to melt) during field operations in the desert. That should explain to you why we jumped on the DRASH when my position and opportunity allowed. DHS Systems has certainly allowed our 24/7 mission to be executed in a far more tolerable, if not downright comfortable, environment than we ever expected. My personal thanks go out to you and DHS Systems."

-- ADA Branch

November 2005

"The shelters' easy deployability helped us speed up the time it takes to set up. The quicker you can get your shelter up, the quicker you can get your gear together. We couldn't possibly deploy as fast and establish as rapid communication as we did without the DRASH shelters. Thank you for a job well done."

-- MSgt. Kevin L. Meyer, after deploying shelters to help out with Hurricane Katrina.

September 2007

"Outstanding support with the demo model that closely resembled the battalion's forcasted purchase. Support team's efforts in setting up the command post was substantial and the demo command and control center was appreciated. The package led to the cussess of our battalion's first collective training event since its activation in January 2007."

-- Maj. Scott Figlioli, 11th Engineer Battalion.

DRASH as Fatality Management Centers

Fall 2007

"These are the most durable, rugged structures out there. They have been used by the military for years in the field, and are perfect for this type of application."

 -- Frank DePaolo, Director, NYC OCME Special Operations Division