U.S Army Engineers from the 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), assisted the Djiboutian National Army’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB), with improving their existing training range, Sept. 16, 2020, near Ali Oune, Djibouti. The newly improved range will better prepare the RIB to train their Soldiers in a wider variety of operations.
By CJTF-HOA Public Affairs, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of AfricaALI OUNE, DjboutiSep 29, 2020
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760th EVCC assist RIB with range improvements
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, heavy equipment operator, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), clears berms using a DOZER at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)
U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Armstrong, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), radios instructions to DOZER operator, U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, 760th EVCC heavy equipment operator, at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Brooks, heavy equipment operator, 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), clears berms using a DOZER at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)
An aerial view of a jobsite occupied by the 760th Engineer Vertical Construction Company (EVCC), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), at a Djiboutian National Army Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB) installation, near Ali Oune, Djibouti, Sep. 16, 2020. The 760th EVCC is assisting the Djiboutian National Army’s RIB with improving a training range. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Young)
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