Army Staff Sgt. Valarie Mitchell, a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 725th Engineer Support Platoon, 105th Engineer Battalion, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, directs Spc. Joshua Gambrell, also a heavy equipment operator assigned to the 725th, where to drive a wheeled-tractor scrapper during a parking lot expansion project at the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center in Fletcher, North Carolina, June 14, 2017. The project was a joint partnership between the North Carolina National Guard and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell, 382nd Public Affairs Detachment/Released)
FLETCHER, N.C. – Thanks to a partnership with the North Carolina National Guard and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) additional parking spaces will be available at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center (WNC Ag Center) here.
Soldiers assigned to the 725th Engineer Support Platoon (ESP), 105th Engineer Battalion, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), spent their annual training transforming six acres adjacent to the current parking area, on the southwest side of the agricultural center’s property, into a gravel lot June 2-15, 2017.
“It’s going to give them 456 more spaces to support the Mountain State Fair,” said Army 1st Lt. Erin Graham, the commander of the...
