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Bertha Montes sews a battle dress uniform for a basic military trainee March 8 at the Lackland Air Force Base military clothing issue building. Mrs. Montes, a seamstress for Tech Systems, Inc., sews name and U.S. Air Force tapes and completes alterations on uniform items after they are issued to the trainees. She completes an average of 150 shirts per day -- roughly 90,000 shirts based on a 40 week fiscal year of BMT processing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mike Hammon