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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Since 1973, personnel with the San Diego Sherriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail have trained at the rappel tower located outside of their facility aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
With so many years of use, it comes as no surprise that the combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 arrived on scene to practically rebuild the roughly 30-year-old tower.
“The tower was pretty much condemned,” said Sgt. Rob Stoecker, the construction site foreman with MWSS-373 and a Columbus, Ohio, native. “There was no way anyone could [rappel down] it. I’ve honestly never seen so many termites in my life. My Marines and I could put our hands through the wood, it was horrible.”
Throughout the construction of the tower, Stoecker’s crew members felt confident in its progress.
The work went along as well as could be hoped for, explained Lance Cpl. Lorenzo Sintas, a combat engineer with MWSS-373 and a Colorado Springs, Colo., native. The crew worked well and the tower was rebuilt.
The tower took MWSS-373 combat engineers about three weeks to complete – one week less than expected.
Stoecker said the speedy completion is all thanks to the hard work of his crew.
With the tower completed, the Sherriff’s Department is free to train their recruits on rappelling once more in addition to units like Special Weapons and Tactics and fire rescue teams from around San Diego County.
“The rappel tower has been a regional commodity used by anyone who needed it in San Diego County and now it’s complete and training will commence as it was before,” said Deputy John Spach, an operator for the San Diego Sherriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail and a Winston Salem, N.C., native.
| Date Taken: | 09.18.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 09.20.2012 11:55 |
| Story ID: | 95041 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Hometown: | BELLE FOURCHE, SOUTH DAKOTA, US |
| Hometown: | COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, US |
| Hometown: | COLUMBUS, OHIO, US |
| Hometown: | LINCOLN, ARKANSAS, US |
| Hometown: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Hometown: | WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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