Photo by 1st Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 09.20.2012
A loader gathers base material used for roads and other infrastructure at Camp John Pratt, Sept. 20. Soldiers of the 875th Engineer Company work sunrise to sunset readying Camp John Pratt to serve as a major retrograde staging area in northern Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Army Capt. William Dudley, Task Force Hurricane)...
Photo by 1st Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 09.17.2012
Soldiers of the 875th Engineer Company use scrapers to excavate a storm water drainage pond at Camp John Pratt, Sept. 17. The camp will serve as a staging area for troop and equipment withdrawing from Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Army Capt. William Dudley, Task Force Hurricane)...
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.14.2012
Two soldiers from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade raise the U.S. colors over newly-dedicated Camp John C. Pratt, Aug. 14. Task Force Hurricane, a group of U.S. Army engineer units led by the 841st Engineer Battalion out of Miami, continues construction of the egress staging camp in preparation for the thousands of troops that will use it as a collection area before departing Afghanistan....
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.14.2012
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Eric P. Wendt, Regional Command-North International Security Assistance Force Deputy Commander, and U.S. Army Col. Van J. Voorhees, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade commander, unveil a plaque officially dedicating the newest U.S.-operated camp in Afghanistan to fallen U.S. Army Apache pilot Chief Warrant Officer John C. Pratt, Aug. 14...
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.14.2012
U.S. soldiers gather in Regional Command- North to memorialize the life of fallen 12th Combat Aviation Brigade Apache pilot, Chief Warrant Officer John C. Pratt, during a ceremony naming the newest U.S.-operated Camp after him, Aug. 14....
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.14.2012
U.S. Army Col. Van J. Voorhees, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade commander, commemorates the life of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer John C. Pratt during a ceremony Aug. 14, dedicating a new U.S.-operated camp in Regional Command-North in honor of the ultimate sacrifice he made....
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.14.2012
Key leaders in Regional Command-North bow their heads in reverence during the opening prayer during the Camp John Pratt dedication ceremony, Aug. 14. The camp, still being constructed by the engineers of Task Force Hurricane, is named after fallen U.S. Army Apache pilot Chief Warrant Officer John C. Pratt, and will be a main collection area for troops and equipment withdrawing from Afghanistan....
Photo by 2nd Lt. Brittany Ramos | 841st Engineer Battalion | 08.12.2012
Soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, 497th Engineer Company, currently assigned to Task Force Hurricane, continue to use heavy equipment to level and compact ground on an 880-acre plot that will eventually hold future U.S. Army retrograde point, Camp John Pratt, Aug. 12....