By Petty Officer 2nd Class Sunday Williams,
U.S. Navy Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa,Public Affairs
CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, April 25, 2007 — Clean water is scarce in Africa, however the 1132nd Engineer Detachment, Well Drilling, unit out of Mooresville, N.C., is changing that one well at a time.
The 1132nd, named the “Mud Hogs” by their training unit out of North Dakota, is the first Army National Guard well drilling unit created and deployed. The unit arrived in Djibouti January 24 to clean and decontaminate water to make it drinkable, drill wells and in the end save lives.
Staff Sgt. William Brown explained the unit is currently working on their first project in the Yoboki District.
“We are fixing a well that was put in the district two years ago,” said Brown. “It was put in by the 747th Army Reserve Well Drilling unit out of Montana as a hand-pump well.”
Brown said not long after the 747th put in the well, they had to go back to the well site and change it to a solar-powered well. “We heard through the villagers that the well was broken and they could not get water from it, so we went out to the site.”
Due to climate and the area, Brown said the well stopped working and people passing through the site tried to fix it themselves and ended up damaging it beyond use.
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