Posted on 10/29/2007 5:27:50 PM PDT by SandRat
GARDEZ, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2007 Four combat engineers recently traveled from Kabul to Gardez to share their construction experience with Afghans hired to build housing units for military personnel assigned to Forward Operating Base Lightning.
Were just helping, said Army Staff Sgt. Lonnie L. Russell, from Beaufort, S.C., trying to get the (concrete) blocks up so they can move everyone in before the snow. Russell said he and the other combat engineers have had an interesting experience with the Afghans. He has found that the Afghans methods for constructing isnt pretty at times, but the end product is very similar to their own. Were trying to teach them how to do four layers (of concrete blocks) at a time instead of one, said Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael R. Jenks, who is assigned to Camp Phoenix and deployed from the 1st Civil Engineer Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va. This system would make the block-laying process faster than their current method, he said. (Marine Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr. is assigned to Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan Public Affairs.) |
Related Sites: Combined Joint Task Force 82 NATO International Security Assistance Force |
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God bless these fine men! Dragging Afghanistan out of the Stone Age one concrete block at a time!
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