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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District recently provided two Army ROTC cadets with a unique opportunity to see and experience what USACE engineers are doing in Kuwait.
Cadet Zachary Carter, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Kentucky, and Cadet Adam Roe, a construction management student at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, came to Kuwait for one week as part of an engineering internship program. While in the country, they toured project sites across multiple military bases and were able to see first-hand how USACE supports the U.S. military and its allies in the Middle East.
“Touring the sites just gives us good exposure to what actually takes place on the sites that you wouldn’t be able to see from the office,” said Carter. “You get to see things first-hand, what’s taking place, and what members of the corps have to consider when they are on these projects.”
Project sites included officer barracks, a care and preservation facility, and a naval pier and breakwater.
“These sites were chosen because they are unique large-scale projects,” said Chester Rosenbalm, contracting officer representative for USACE. “They require a lot of coordination and technical ability on the Army side to make sure the contractors do it right, do it safely, meet U.S. standards, and do it under budget.”
“Being out here as a cadet is an invaluable experience that not a lot of our peers are going to be able to experience,” said Carter. “This internship opportunity has been terrific just to get a preview of some of the things that we are going to see throughout our years of service.”
Throughout their time in Kuwait, Carter and Roe also met with numerous members of the Corps, sat in on meetings and briefs, experienced Kuwaiti culture, and learned how a foreign environment influences the engineers’ work and relationships.
“It gives the cadets a vision of what they can get into and what they can prepare themselves for,” said Rosenbalm. “As they come out to these sites, they realize the importance of what they are learning in school, the importance of having a good detailed background of technical skills.”
“I think the best thing that myself and the other cadet have gotten out of this experience is just getting to talk to senior [noncommissioned officers] and high-ranking officers and getting to hear all of the wisdom they have to bestow on us,” said Carter. “[We’ve learned] where being an engineer within the corps of engineers has taken them throughout their career and learned some things to consider going into the future of our careers.”
“Their advice and the conversations that I’ve had with them [have been great],” said Roe. “They’re trying to steer us the right way and line us up for success in life and in the Army.”
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2021 10:36 |
| Story ID: | 402286 |
| Location: | KW |
| Hometown: | LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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