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Soldiers with the 341st Multi-Role Bridging Company build a partial ribbon bridge to ferry heavy vehicles across the Arkansas River at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, July 19, 2024.
The U.S. Army Reserve engineer company conducted cross training with new members of the company during the "walk phase" of their training. The cross training ensures that every bridge crewmember understands each aspect of the bridge building construction, and is familiar with any problems that may arise and how to troubleshoot them.
For a bridging company, having a challenging environment like the Arkansas River builds the confidence and competence needed to face the unknown challenges of a real world operation.
“Our MOS [military occupational specialty] is a very small one,” said Spc. Matthew Wagner, bridge crewmember, 341st Multi-Role Bridge Company. “It’s very limited by the fact that there's not very many places in the whole country where you can do this kind of training. We have access to a major river, the Arkansas River, right here, where we can train the way that we would actually have to fight. Most other places, they're limited to some kind of lake that doesn't have any kind of current. It doesn't properly simulate the real world environment.”
(Photo by Arkansas Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Jim Heuston)
| Date Taken: | 07.19.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 09.11.2024 15:55 |
| Photo ID: | 8636137 |
| VIRIN: | 240719-Z-DR641-3001 |
| Resolution: | 6906x4933 |
| Size: | 16.61 MB |
| Location: | FORT CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS, US |
| Hometown: | FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, US |
| Web Views: | 11 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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The Arkansas River Trains Soldiers Like No Where Else
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