Story by Angela Simpson | Michigan National Guard | 02.19.2016
What started last May as a Senior Leader Engagement between Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, the adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, and Armed Forces of Liberia officials, ended with the construction of two large, multipurpose buildings at the Edward Binyah Kesselly military training facility in Monrovia, Liberia. Recently, Vadnais returned to Liberia to see the finished product and to......
Story by Sgt. Brian Johnson | Michigan National Guard | 05.01.2010
The Soldiers of the 1434th Engineer Company, along with their counterparts from the 17th Iraqi Army Division, finished construction of a joint operations center at Joint Security Station Deason, May 1....
Story by Spc. Brian Johnson | 16th Engineer Brigade Public Affairs | 04.15.2010
At the Consolidated Receiving and Shipping Point yard located on Victory Base Complex, a recent expansion has created a need for additional lighting. Engineers assigned to 1434th Engineer Company lent a hand to help meet that need April 15....
Story by Spc. Brian Johnson | 16th Engineer Brigade Public Affairs | 04.13.2010
The Physical Fitness Badge for physical fitness excellence is awarded to Soldiers who aspire to excel at the Army Physical Fitness Test. To receive the badge, Soldiers must score a minimum of 90 points in each of the three events; push-ups, sit-ups and the two-mile run....
Story by Sgt. Brian Johnson | 16th Engineer Brigade Public Affairs | 03.10.2010
Soldiers of 1434th Engineer Company have been working hard to complete construction on a new building at Joint Security Station Deason. The new facility is expected to improve the quality of life for Soldiers of the 17th Military Transition Team, stationed there. The new construction will provide additional space for Soldiers to use the Internet, call home and hold religious services....
Story by Spc. Brian Johnson | Multi-National Division Baghdad | 01.20.2010
During the struggle for equality in the 1960s, one man rose to become the leader and face of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of America's moral architects, was cut down in his prime by an assassin's bullet in 1968....
Story by Spc. Brian Johnson | 101st Engineer Battalion | 01.12.2010
Engineers from 1434th Engineer Company, 101st Engineer Battalion, are working hard to expand a gym and make additional living facilities safe and habitable at Joint Security Station Nasir Wa Salam, on the western edge of Baghdad....
Story by Spc. Brian Johnson | 16th Engineer Brigade Public Affairs | 12.31.2009
Engineer Soldiers of 1434th Engineer Company are constructing a new joint operations center and planning annex at Contingency Operating Station Carver to provide better communication and coordination capabilities between U.S. Forces and the Iraqi army....
