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Transcript: ENGINEERS IN IRAQ TAKE ON NEW ROLE
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
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- November 9, 2009
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INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
11-09-2009
JOINT SECURITY STATION CONDOR, Iraq, Nov. 9, 2009 - For most soldiers assigned
to the 1st Armored Division's 4th Brigade "Highlanders," the unit's "advise
and assist" mission requires a rethinking of traditional roles in a stability
operations environment. The engineers of 2nd Platoon, Company E, 4th Battalion,
6th Infantry Regiment, are no different. Some people associate engineers
with route clearance here, but that's only a small portion of the much
larger combat engineer skill set these soldiers are learning to apply in
new ways to support the mission. Based at Contingency Operating Site Hunter
in southern Maysan province and attached to ...