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Washington Guard Combat Engineers Arrive in Canada For International Training Exercise

Canadian army Cpl. Timothy Woodburn, a combat engineer with the 39th Combat Engineer Regiment, leads a squad of U.S. and Canadian combat engineers across a bridge spanning the Columbia River here Aug. 18 during a road march through town as part of a “Best Sapper” skills competition. The competition between the combined U.S. and Canadian squads included an assault boat race, a 6.5 km (4.03 mile) road march, an engineer task evaluation, a field medical evaluation and a live fire range exercise. The competition was a refresher course of the skills the engineers will need to complete this weeks 36 hour field training exercise, the comprehensive training event of Kootenay Castor 2012. Kootenay Castor is a two week combined training exercise for combat engineers from the Washington Army National Guard and the Canadian army.



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Date Taken:08.18.2012

Date Posted:08.22.2012 23:37

Photo ID:650401

VIRIN:120818-A-HL120-153

Resolution:2100x1500

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Location:TRAIL, BC, CAGlobe

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Washington Guard combat engineers arrive in Canada for international training exercise

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