BOISE, Idaho – “Basically, we’re infantry with explosives,” said Staff Sgt. Codey Johnson, a combat engineer and squad leader with the 833rd Engineer Company based in Ottumwa, Iowa. In June, the Iowa ...
ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) – On Valentine’s Day of 1968, Steve Trainer was deployed to Camp Evans in Vietnam—an area just a few miles south from the DMZ. “We were the furthest most base that you could fly ...
Rafael Eirea-Lamberto, a combat engineer for the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, studies a set of instructions as his teammates wrap rope around rope. The group is immersed in an exercise ...
Soldiers with the 173rd Engineer Company of the Wisconsin National Guard held weekend training at Fort McCoy on Oct. 14-15, and it included live-fire training in urban breaching operations. “Second ...