Photo by Codi Kozacek | National Training Center and Fort Irwin | 12.27.2017
In support of FEMA's Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Non-Federal Generator Operation and Maintenance mission is assessing and repairing generators that already existed on the island prior to the hurricane. The Quality Assurance teams and contractor crews must be prepared to troubleshoot and repair a vast array of generator types because the......
Photo by Codi Kozacek | National Training Center and Fort Irwin | 12.27.2017
Cody Mercer, a government contractor mechanic, works on repairing a generator that powers a flood control pump near San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec. 27. The repairs are part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Non-Federal Generator Operation and Maintenance mission in support of FEMA's Hurricane Maria recovery efforts....
Photo by Codi Kozacek | National Training Center and Fort Irwin | 12.27.2017
These flood control pumps near San Juan, Puerto Rico are just one of the sites U.S. Army Corps of Engineers teams are visiting as part of a unique mission to repair local generators and keep critical infrastructure functioning in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria....
Photo by Codi Kozacek | National Training Center and Fort Irwin | 12.27.2017
Neil Medlin (left), from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, and Mike Bauman, from the Honolulu District, serve as Quality Assurance technicians for the Non-Federal Generator Operation and Maintenance mission in Puerto Rico. The mission helps repair existing generators in Puerto Rico to free up temporary emergency generators for use at additional sites. Here, Medlin and Bauman......
Photo by Codi Kozacek | National Training Center and Fort Irwin | 12.27.2017
Mike Bauman, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District, inspects a generator for a flood control pump near San Juan, Puerto Rico Dec. 27. Bauman has been working in Puerto Rico as a Quality Assurance technician for the Non-Federal Generator Operation and Maintenance mission since late October. He says the mission is challenging, but that it's "always rewarding to help and give......
