150219-N-HP195-019 Seal Beach, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2015) According to contractors onsite, placing a pine tree on structures before they're hoisted to a building's summit is a holdover from an ancient Scandinavian tradition that's been used in the United States to wish health and safety to those engaged in the construction. This tree commemorates the topping out of a new laboratory on Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, which will serve as Weapons Surveillance and Test Laboratory and General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment Calibration Laboratory, both mission functions of Naval Surface Warfare Cen
150219-N-HP195-019 Seal Beach, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2015) According to contractors onsite, placing a pine tree on structures before they're hoisted to a building's summit is a holdover from an ancient Scandinavian tradition that's been used in the United States to wish health and safety to those engaged in the construction. This tree commemorates the topping out of a new laboratory on Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, which will serve as Weapons Surveillance and Test Laboratory and General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment Calibration Laboratory, both mission functions of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, located in Norco, Calif. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Okula/Released) 150219-N-HP195-019 by NAVSEA Corona
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