Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.20.2014
Pfc. Jade Young, a combat engineer with Company B, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry Division, cuts through three layers of concertina wire during a combined arms breaching training Oct. 20 at a training area on Fort Riley, Kan. Combat engineers have 10 minutes from the time they position themselves at the breach to the time they clear the lane, said Staff Sgt. Seth Luetdke, a......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.20.2014
Pvt. Epson Richardson, a combat engineer with Company B, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry Division, throws a lightweight grapnel hook into a “notional” minefield Oct. 20 during a combined arms manual breach training at a training area on Fort Riley, Kan. The battalion is preparing for its first decisive action rotation under the “Dagger” brigade to the National Training......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.16.2014
Pvt. Rodreka Jones (left) and retired Maj. Edward "Doc" Molloy (right), the youngest and oldest members of the 82nd Eng. Bn., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., cut the battalion's cake Oct. 16 immediately following the deactivation of the BSTB and reactivation of the engineer battalion. "The travel was a lot for someone my age," Molloy said, "but it was so well worth it."...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.16.2014
Lt. Col. Alexander Bullock (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Perlandus Hughes, commander and senior noncommissioned officer of 82nd Eng. Bn., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., uncase the "Blue Babes" battalion colors during a deactivation and reactivation ceremony Oct. 16 at Fort Riley's Cavalry Parade Field....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs | 10.16.2014
Retired Maj. Edward "Doc" Molloy presented Lt. Col. Alexander Bullock, commander of the 82nd Eng. Bn., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., with the French Croix de Guerre medal during the 82nd Engineer Battalion's reactivation ceremony on Fort Riley's Cavalry Parade Field Oct. 16. Molloy served with the battalion during World War II and later became a commander for the battalion....
