166th Engineer Company
3rd Platoon
3rd Platoon's latest mission was to build a battalion Tactical Operations Center (TOC) for the 27th Engineer Battalion. Even though we had some foul weather in the beginning, we still managed to build the 40’ x 90’ building with 14 interior rooms in 21 working days. These guys busted their butts all day long, every day, to get this mission accomplished. We worked 7 days a week until this building was complete. We had crews split up in the beginning, some pre-fabbing trusses for the roof, and some pre-fabbing footers for the floor and some people cutting all the studs for the walls. We had to maximize our productivity by being as creative and efficient as we possibly could. We couldn’t have accomplished this mission without the help and support of the 168th Engineer Company. They lent us a small crew of carpenters to help us out and Major Jones and his staff was at our beck and call for assistance with getting any BOM or extra equipment to get this job accomplished. This was truly a team effort and I’m very proud of how hard the soldiers worked on such a high profile project this late in our deployment. I know these guys are worn down and I had to be careful not to push them too hard because, by this time, everyone is tired and worn down and fuses are short. We have had nothing but compliments from the 27th Engineer Battalion on how great the building looks and how fast we were able to get it built. This was just another testimony to how good of a job these guys have done on this deployment, and, hopefully, this will be our last major project that we have to do (we still have a lot of things to get ready to return home at this point). We would also like to thank everyone who sent us care packages and Christmas cards during the holidays.
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