Photo By Staff Sgt. April Mota | Spc. Leo Jewett, of Duluth, Minn., 317th Engineer Company, fills the dump truck with...... read more read more
BAGHDAD - Engineers from the 317th Engineer Company, 101st Eng. Battalion, have spent the past week working to improve the drainage system at the ammo supply point, on Victory Base Complex. The ammo supply point distributes and stores ammo for a number of units located in and around the Baghdad area.
Warrant Officer One John Jordan, of Huntsville, Ala., with the 60th Ordnance Company, mans the ammo point. He was frustrated that every time it rained the ammo point turned into a swamp, bogging down the heavy equipment needed to load the ammo.
"The standing water made it much harder to execute our missions. We would have to hand load the ammo, which takes a lot more time, and it is pretty stressful on the Soldiers," said Jordan.
Staff Sgt. Dan Arens, of Faraubalt, Minn., served as the engineer's supervisor on the project. He was pleased with the work done by his Soldiers and the completion of their first horizontal project together in country.
"There was a lot of standing water. We created drainage ditches and temporary holding areas for the water. The hands-on experience with hauling, loading, and grading was a perfect first project for these Soldiers," said Arens.
The Soldiers of the 317th Eng. Company also improved the entrance way to the ammo supply point. The original entrance was very narrow, which forced units to stage on the road while waiting for their ammo.
"In and out traffic through the entrance was impossible. With no defined external staging area, vehicles would block the road and make it difficult for the heavy equipment needed to enter the ammo point. We would have to call in each vehicle, one at a time, and that was very time consuming," said Jordan.
Stagnant water and mud made the environment unsafe and inefficient for the ordinance Soldiers. With the improvements made by the Soldiers of the 317th Eng. Company the ammo supply point dried up tremendously within forty-eight hours, making the area safer and more sufficient.
"These guys have done some amazing work, if it wasn't for the Soldiers of the 317th, we would be weeks behind on our timeline," said Jordan.
| Date Taken: | 12.30.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 12.30.2009 01:27 |
| Story ID: | 43269 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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