Story by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 05.02.2012
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. David E. Rylander was born Oct. 14, 1988 in Akron, Ohio. He was commissioned May 21, 2011 in the U.S. Army, as a 12A, Engineer Officer. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., where he majored in Engineer Management. Prior to joining the United States Army, he resided in Stow, Ohio. He was killed by an improvised explosive device during a route......
Story by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 05.02.2012
U.S. Army Spc. Junot M. LeGrandCochilus was born Sept. 27, 1977, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in March 2010 as a 12B, combat engineer. Prior to joining the U.S. Army, he resided in Charlotte, N.C., where he graduated from Harp School in 2000. He then returned to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to attend Faculte Linguistique Applique College from 2001 to 2003. He was killed by......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 03.04.2012
Soldiers from the 661st Engineer Company, Illinois National Guard, assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, work on clearing, grubbing, and leveling the initial Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter’s crash site at forward Operating Base Shank, March 4. The C-17 overshot the runway and the ensuing crash damaged the front landing gear and the underbelly of the airlifter....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 03.09.2012
Boeing civilians and airmen assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord and soldiers assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion from Fort Drum, N.Y., recover a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter at Forward Operating Base Shank, March 9. The C-17 overshot the runway and the ensuing crash damaged the front landing gear and the underbelly of the airlifter....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 04.16.2012
Boeing civilian and airmen assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and soldiers assigned to 7th Engineer Battalion from Fort Drum, N.Y., recover a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter here on Forward Operating Base Shank, April 16. The C-17 overshot the runway and the ensuing crash damaged the front landing gear and the underbelly of the airlifter....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 04.07.2012
Airmen from Travis Air Force Base and soldiers from the 661st Engineer Company, Illinois National Guard, assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, work on building an earth bridge over a wadi, April 7, to recover a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter that overshot the runway here on Forward Operating Base Shank. The C-17 was located on the other side of a wadi and a bridge had to be created to......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado | 18th Engineer Brigade | 03.06.2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Quander, the 7th Engineer Battalion commander from Alexandria, Va., leads 14 soldiers through the Oath of Re-enlistment during a ceremony held here on Forward Operating Base Shank, March 6. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Juan Delgado, Task Force Red Devils Public Affairs)...
