Photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.21.2015
Soldiers from the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, configure radios in order to communicate to one another during the communications event for the Roughneck Stakes competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 21. The purpose of the Roughneck Stakes competition is to prepare Soldiers for real-world experiences, while also building the unit’s morale. (U.S. Army photo by......
Photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.21.2015
Soldiers from the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion work as a team to build a wall with multiple electrical components during the carpentry event for the Roughneck Stakes competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 21. The purpose of the Roughneck Stakes competition is to prepare Soldiers for real-world experiences, while also building the unit’s morale. (U.S. Army......
Photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.21.2015
Soldiers from the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, assemble multiple weapons during the Roughneck Stakes competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 21. Each group of Soldiers participating in the event were given 10 minutes to assemble five different weapons as a team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)...
Photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.21.2015
A Soldier from the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, configures a radio during the communication portion of the Roughneck Stakes competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 21. The purpose of the Roughneck Stakes competition is to prepare Soldiers for real-world experiences, while also building the unit’s morale. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins, 28th Public......
Photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.21.2015
Soldiers from the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, fire at targets in the stress shooting event during the Roughneck Stakes competition on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 21. In order to challenge the Soldiers, they were instructed to run laps and complete various exercises prior to shooting. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jasmine Higgins, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)...
Photo by Sgt. Austan Owen | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.04.2012
Lt. Col. Donald St. Onge, chief cultural affairs training branch for Pacific Command, 162nd Infantry Brigade discusses additional learning material with a soldier from the 585th Engineer Company during a classroom break here, May 4. St. Onge presented a cultural awareness class to the Soldiers prior to their departure to Thailand. The soldiers will partner with the Royal Thai army for the......
Photo by Sgt. Sarah Enos | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.04.2012
Lt. Col. Donald St. Onge, chief of the cultural affairs training team, 162nd Infantry Brigade, presents a Thai cultural awareness brief to soldiers of the 585th Engineer Company here, May 4. Approximately 40 soldiers from the engineer company will travel to Thailand and partner with the Royal Thai army to build two schools in the south-central part of the country....
Photo by Sgt. Christopher Gaylord | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.11.2012
Staff Sgt. Alvino Santana (center), a squad leader with the 585th Engineer Company, and two of the company's carpentry and masonry specialists, fit together steel arches at Gray Army Airfield on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 11 during a nearly two-month-long project to assemble an Expeditionary Forces Aircraft Shelter System for Soldiers with the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, who......
