The 819th Engineer Company (Sapper), “Firestarters,” has been diligently working with their partnered Afghan National Army Route Clearance Company (COY) to sharpen route clearance skills, clear roads, and conduct key leader engagements.
Headquarters and Headquarters Company of 4th Engineer Battalion, Task Force Iron Fist, partnered with the 205th Corps Engineer Kandak (CEK) to arm the CEK medics with essential medical skills, empowering them to then teach every Soldier in the CEK.
This past week, the 591st Engineer Company, “Team Venom,” commanded by Captain Martin Sigli, assisted the Afghan populous while supporting the Afghan Border Police (ABP) Security Forces Assistant Team (SFAT) and local Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) here in southern Afghanistan.
The transfer of authority ceremony, officially passing responsibility from Task Force Lumberjack to Task Force Iron Fist, occurred June 26, 2013. A week later, soldiers of the Forward Support Company and Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, received their wartime shoulder sleeve insignia on July 4, 2013, denoting service in a combat theater.
