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D.C. 20402 NGINEE The Professional Bulletin of Army Engineers April-June 2004 EHeadquarters, Department of the Army VolumeR 34 PB 5-04-2 UNITED STATES ARMY FEATURES ENGINEER SCHOOL 04 Engineer Expeditionary Force Design Concepts—From Theory to Practice in Task Force Able COMMANDANT By Colonel Christopher J. Toomey Major General 07 Preparing the Engineer Brigade for Operation Iraqi Freedom R.L. Van Antwerp By Colonel Don C. Young 12 Support Facilities for the Future Force By Mr. Larry Allen and Mr. Kirk McGraw MANAGING EDITOR 16 The Tale of Two Towers Shirley Bridges By Second Lieutenant Ryan J. Johnson EDITOR 19 Iraq Museum Reopens Rick Brunk By Staff Sergeant Conrad College GRAPHIC DESIGNER 20 Bridging the Gap—Modernizing Army Bridge Units Jennifer Morgan By Lieutenant Colonel Andrew DiMarco 22 NCOs Train the Force By Captain Maycros I. Baez 24 Integrating Mechanized and Combat Heavy Engineer Capabilities By Captain James Beaulieu Front Cover: 26 The Tikrit River Bridge Varied photos show the roles of engineers. By First Sergeant Gary Fioretti 28 A Day of My Life in Baghdad By Sergeant First Class Ray Deering Back Cover: 31 Soldier Enhancement Program 2d Engineer Battalion: A By Sergeant Major Thomas House and Mr. Larry T. Hasty view of Camp No. 1, Dogan’s Farm Division 32 Logistical Base Support for the Polish Multinational Division Headquarters. Photo By Captain Christopher S. Cooper courtesy of the U.S. Army Engineer School 39 The Marauders: A Small-Scale Joint and Multinational Operation History Office. By Major Ted Read 41 Is The Flag “Backward” on Soldiers’ Sleeves? By Ms. Lisa Burgess DEPARTMENTS 02 Clear the Way 34 CTC Notes - “Force-on-Force Convoy STX Lane” By Major General R.L. Van Antwerp By Captain Christopher Kuhn (NTC) 03 Lead the Way 35 CTC Notes - “Convoy Live-Fire Exercise” By Command Sergeant Major Clinton J. Pearson By Captain Timothy R. Vail (NTC) 30 Regimental Awards 37 CTC Notes - “Geospatial Teams” 33 Engineer Writer’s Guide By Sergeant First Class Gregory T. Alston (NTC) 41 Environmental Compliance Officer (ECO) Course April-June 2004 Engineer 1 Clear The Way By Major General R.L. Van Antwerp Commandant, U.S. A nny Engineer School can't tell you how much we enjoyed breakout sessions were a great success in having you at ENFORCE this year. giving our developments folks the input they I From my view, there was an excellent need from the field to plan the Future Engi­ exchange of ideas and a hearty celebration neer Force structure as a modular force. Dur­ of our Regiment and the accomplishments ing the multinational operations breakout of our sappers and engineers . We were session, foreign-service delegates discussed blessed because you came, and we're common problems and concerns and pro­ already looking forward to next year! posed solutions, They also talked about en­ Approximately 500 senior leaders at­ gineer equipment and capabilities. tended the conference-leaders from active At ENFORCE we set the stage to move duty, reserve, and National Guard ; the Army toward a jointly trained and equipped en­ Corps of Engineers; civilians from the Army gineer force capable of organizing and de­ Corps of Engineers; retired civilians and ploying to any area of operations and em­ general officers; and engineer representa­ ploying separately or as a joint force in tives from industry. Engineers from the Air support of the combatant commander. We Force, Navy. and Marine Corps all sent se­ need to become more efficient. We can all nior leaders, and delegates from Germany, France, Australia, benefit from financial savings if we purchase equipment to­ Canada, and Great Britain attended as well. A big thank-you to gether or use one contractor or supplier. We are exploring all who did the heavy lifting and made it special. ideas to find a way for the branches of service to work to­ We were honored to have a wide variety of speakers at the gether better, even to the point of proposing an engineer joint conference: General Kevin Byrnes, Commanding General of training center. Ideally, we want a force that is made up of four TRADOC; Lieutenant General Bob Flowers, our Chief; Major services that are trained alike, equipped alike, and capable of General Richard Wightman, JointWarfighting Center, U.S. Joint supporting the warfighter in whatever way he needs . Forces Command Deputy Commander; Major General David As this also becomes my farewell article, I challenge you Melcher, Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation Direc­ to continu e this transformation and rebuilding that we 've be­ torate of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G8; Major General Ron gun. Much of what we're learning has been paid for by the Johnson , Commanding General, U.S. Deputy to the Program sweat and blood of engineer soldiers. There have been times Management Office, Coalition Provisional Authority in when the "book soluti on" didn't always work, but innovative Baghdad, Iraq ; Colonels John Peabody and Gregg M311in and and adaptive engineers found a way to get it done right any­ a great intern ational panel of Colonel John W. Shanahan OBE , way. Much of that was captured at ENFORCE and will be United Kingdom; Captain William C. McKerall, U.S . Navy; analyzed through the Center for Army Lessons Learned. Colonel Bill Sowry, Australia ; Lieutenant Colonel Anthony As we remembered our fallen com rades in the historic Funkhouser, U.S. Army ; and Major Keith Cameron, Canada. World War II chapel next to our memorial grove, I thought of The Regiment focused on how our Future Engineer Force the great legacy we have and the sacrifices that have been will be designed to support joint and multinational operations. made in our ranks. We owe it to them to do our very best for We were able to pull together the senior leadership and take a them and for our Army. Our Regiment is strong because they­ close look at how the Engineer Regiment needs to change to and you-make it so. The sapper spirit is alive and welL meet the structure of the Anny of the future, The conference Essayons ! First Lieutenant Doyle Hufstedler tst EnllJpeer Battalion, Fort Riley.