FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, April 21, 2006 — U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1224th Engineer Detachment transferred authority to the 961st Engineer Detachment at an April 10 ceremony.
"We appreciate the smooth handover from the 1224th to us and we look forward to achieving great things here."
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Lukasik |
Deployments aren’t new to members of the 961st, who will draw on their previous experience in Iraq as they dig culverts, grade roads, erect towers and buildings and install security barriers here. “We appreciate the smooth handover from the 1224th to us and we look forward to achieving great things here,” said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Lukasik, the acting first sergeant of the 961st Engineer Detachment, based in Milwaukee. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Conway, the unit’s noncommissioned officer in charge of operations, predicted that the 961st will complete 30 projects a month. The Guam-based 1224th Engineer Detachment, which had not been deployed before, completed its share of projects – including roads, offices, living quarters and showers – while in |