Col. Ed Chamberlayne, Baltimore District commander (at right); Lt. Col. Michael Ruppert, Baltimore District deputy commander (second from right); and Maj. Terrence Harrington, 71st Engineering Detachment, Forward Engineering Support Team - Advance (FEST-A) commander, speak with a civilian prior to the departure of seven FEST-A members, as they deploy overseas on a 9-month tour, late August, 2015. FEST-A is a small, advance-engineering team that rapidly deploys worldwide and provides technical engineering support to the combatant commands. The team is comprised of active duty soldiers and civi


Col. Ed Chamberlayne, Baltimore District commander (at right); Lt. Col. Michael Ruppert, Baltimore District deputy commander (second from right); and Maj. Terrence Harrington, 71st Engineering Detachment, Forward Engineering Support Team - Advance (FEST-A) commander, speak with a civilian prior to the departure of seven FEST-A members, as they deploy overseas on a 9-month tour, late August, 2015. FEST-A is a small, advance-engineering team that rapidly deploys worldwide and provides technical engineering support to the combatant commands. The team is comprised of active duty soldiers and civilian engineers. Support may include critical infrastructure surveys, engineer operations, base camp planning and drawdown, geospatial operations, and construction planning, design and management capabilities.


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