Soldiers from the Mobility Support Platoon (MSP) of 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division prepare to execute their ground-side tasks as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment approaches to emplace a Rapidly Emplaced Bridge (REB) over an anti-tank ditch during a gap-crossing operation Apr. 4 on a training area here. The engineer company became the first fielded unit to sling load and emplace the bridge by air, according to the REB system acquisition manager, Rick Mitchell. Stryker engineers first to emplace bridg


Soldiers from the Mobility Support Platoon (MSP) of 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division prepare to execute their ground-side tasks as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment approaches to emplace a Rapidly Emplaced Bridge (REB) over an anti-tank ditch during a gap-crossing operation Apr. 4 on a training area here. The engineer company became the first fielded unit to sling load and emplace the bridge by air, according to the REB system acquisition manager, Rick Mitchell. Stryker engineers first to emplace bridge by air since fielding 120404-A-BY764-001


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