Combat Engineers Build Up Baghdad

By 1st Lt. Kevin Thomas
510th Sapper Company, 20th Engineer Battalion

BAGHDAD — As Soldiers stand up security stations and patrol bases across the Iraqi capital the need for operational buildings increases. This is where the 510th Sapper Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, of Fort Hood, Texas, comes into play.

The unit repairs damaged Iraqi infrastructure, and performs construction in support of U.S forces, improving the quality of life on remote bases for U.S and Iraqi army soldiers.

After being in country less than a week, Soldiers in 3rd Platoon, 510th Sapper Company were tasked to take on their first project to complete a 4,000 square foot battalion tactical operations center and the building of a 4,200 square foot company tactical operation center for Task Force 4-31 Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, New York.

(Photo: Soldiers from 510th Sapper Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, of Fort Hood, Texas, work on constructing a building in the Baghdad area. The unit repairs damaged Iraqi infrastructure, and performs construction in support of U.S forces, improving the quality of life on remote bases for U.S and Iraqi army soldiers.)

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