450th Engineer Company

After the long shutdown the 450th was excited to execute the December battle assembly. While it was heavy on admin and training. The 450th also celebrated some career achievements and recognized select soldiers for their hard work.

1st. Congratulations to CPT. Bramblett on your promotion

2nd. We said a sad farewell to 1SG Geiser and wished him a happy and healthy retirement.

3rd. Congratulations to SSG McClure on being awarded the Steel De Fluery award from GEN Bell

4th Congratulations to Sgt Aldridge for her recognition of all her hard work last annual training

5th. Happy Birthday to SSG Groce and SPC Fleming

478th Engineer Battalion

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450th EN CO FRG

Let's get people involved and build it up!

If you ever wondered what happens to all the brass that is shot, this is it. Next it goes off to be sorted by big army.

With nothing to put your cheek on, this is a little more complicated than your grandfather's squirrel rifle. And where would you put your feet?

The pop up targets go out to 1200 meters, which is an impressive shot for a 7.62x51 at 4x magnification

Happiness can be many things, but this day it was a belt fed machine gun

Sometimes you have to improvise when transporting concertina wire to your obstacle site.

Soldiers of the 450th doing a practice run on breaching a wire obstacle using a grappling hook and Banglore Torpedoes. This is an essential step in creating a lane for friendly forces to pass through.

Team work makes the dream work when you have to move a 1,000+ MRE's

Moral of the story is, don't pick a fight with stinging insects. You might win, but at what cost?

The sunrise after we survived the great flood of Shanty Town