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FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - The 515th Engineer Company recently completed a training stint at the National Training Center, located in Fort Irwin, Calif., supporting the Fort Riley based 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, March 14 – April 10.
The unit known as the “Outlaws” wrapped up a series of training events during their NTC rotation, to confirm their Soldiers can deploy anywhere in the world and properly conduct maneuver support operations.
Unlike recent engineer history of route clearance, for the past year the 515th Eng. Company, which is part of the 5th Engineer Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., has focused on the three main elements of providing mobility, counter mobility, and survivability support to infantry and armor forces.
“It was nice to get out and do our job in support of maneuver forces,” said Spc. Kevin Brown, a combat engineer with 515th Eng. Company. “It was a lot more involved actually working for them on real missions.”
During the rotation, the 515th Eng. Company was augmented with two horizontal equipment platoons, a pair of assault breach vehicles and K-9 teams which allowed the company the expertise to perform a diverse mission set.
With the added resources the rotation drew to a close with an all-inclusive combined arms exercise where the participants shot live ammunition.
“It was very good training - going back to our engineer tasks - breaching minefields and maneuvering with tanks,” said Spc. Austin Harasti, a combat engineer, with 515th Eng. Company. “The [mine clearing line charge] was a big explosion. It was awesome!”
At the conclusion of the rotation, eight “Outlaw” Soldiers were awarded for their effort and performance.
The 515th Eng. Company has completed the Army’s premiere training event and its troops will seek to maintain proficiency by conducting platoon level live fire exercises at Fort Riley during their next major training event.
| Date Taken: | 04.17.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.17.2015 11:41 |
| Story ID: | 160343 |
| Location: | FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, US |
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