A Soldier with Alpha Company, 766th Brigade Engineer Battalion of Marseilles, Ill., uses a High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) — a backhoe loader developed specifically for the military — to rebuild a road June 8, 2015, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work was part of a troop project to repair roads and trails on Fort McCoy’s South Post. Numerous Soldiers from the 766th used the HMEE, a grader, dump trucks, and several other pieces of heavy equipment to complete the repairs. The 766th is an Illinois National Guard unit that falls under the 33rd Brigade Combat Team and specializes in supportin


A Soldier with Alpha Company, 766th Brigade Engineer Battalion of Marseilles, Ill., uses a High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE) — a backhoe loader developed specifically for the military — to rebuild a road June 8, 2015, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work was part of a troop project to repair roads and trails on Fort McCoy’s South Post. Numerous Soldiers from the 766th used the HMEE, a grader, dump trucks, and several other pieces of heavy equipment to complete the repairs. The 766th is an Illinois National Guard unit that falls under the 33rd Brigade Combat Team and specializes in supporting and conducting full-spectrum engineering operations in support of Army, joint, or coalition task-force operations. ( Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)


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