Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Pfc. Koffi Assogba, a heavy equipment engineer with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, pulls security from atop a Humvee while his company lays out the foundation for a small base camp with bulldozers during a field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13....
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Spc. Brandon Dubois (background), a team leader with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, point to a sighted enemy approaching their positions along a wood line during a battalion-wide field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13. Dubois, Bolden and the rest of the battalion found themselves pulling more security and training more on infantry-style tactics......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Spc. Brandon Dubois (right), a team leader with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, and Pvt. Greg Bolden maintain defense fighting positions after sighting an approaching enemy during a battalion-wide field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13. Dubois, Bolden and the rest of the battalion found themselves pulling more security and training more on......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Pvt. Codi Hoffman, a heavy equipment engineer with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, mans a .50-caliber machine gun Feb. 10 from a foxhole he and a few fellow soldiers built during a battalion-wide field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13. Hoffman and the rest of the battalion found themselves focusing more than anything on infantry-style fighting......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Spc. Anthony Reed, a heavy equipment operator with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, waits in a foxhole Feb. 10 that he and a few fellow soldiers built during a battalion-wide field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13. The exercise gave Reed and the rest of the battalion the opportunity to hone infantry-style fighting and defense tactics some of the......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 02.10.2012
Pvt. Codi Hoffman, a heavy equipment engineer with the 617th Engineer Company, 864th Eng. Battalion, waits in a foxhole Feb. 10 that he and a few fellow soldiers built during a battalion-wide field training exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 3-13. Hoffman and the rest of the battalion found themselves focusing more than anything on infantry-style fighting and defense tactics -......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.24.2012
Sgt. 1st Class Shvoda Gregory (center), motor sergeant for the 557th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, shows Sgt. David Clark (center right), an administrations officer with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 864th Eng. Bn., how to visually ensure that a male soldier's haircut is up to standard when inspecting soldiers in a squad formation Jan. 24 outside the battalion's......
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.24.2012
Sgt. 1st Class Shvoda Gregory (center right), motor sergeant for the 557th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, shows Sgt. David Clark (center), an administrations officer with Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, what to look for when inspecting the uniforms of soldiers in a squad formation, Jan. 24, outside the battalion's headquarters on Joint Base......
