U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rain Albertson drills holes in the framework of the first of four tactical operations centers in order to run wires which will provide electrical service in the building June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Albertson is an electrician assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. He and his fellow Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, or RED HORSE, airmen are forward deployed from Balad Air Base, Iraq, to build four tactical operations centers for the Army's 2nd Brigade combat team, 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Belknap adjusts the spacing between roof trusses June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Belknap is the site foreman assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron, one of the Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, or RED HORSE, airmen who are forward deployed from Balad Air Base, Iraq and tasked to build four tactical operations centers for the Army's 2nd Brigade combat team, 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyler Peterson cuts truss pieces for the roof of a tactical operations center June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Peterson is a utilities journeyman assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron deployed from the 319th Civil Engineer Squadron at Grand Forks, N.D. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


Airmen assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron work on the roof of a tactical operations center June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. The Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, or RED HORSE, airmen are forward deployed from Balad Air Base, Iraq, to build four tactical operations centers for the Army's 2nd Brigade combat team, 3rd Infantry Division headquarters. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Albert Turner and another airman carry their tools to their compound after a day of laying roofing material on the first of four tactical operations centers June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force Capt. Kelvin Haywood (right) signs for a shipment of 17 trailers full of supplies from Army Staff Sgt. Chad Kollar June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Haywood is the engineering flight commander assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron and Kollar is logistical convoy commander assigned to the 1207th Transportation Company attached to the 82nd Airborne Brigade. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron work on the roof of a tactical operations center June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron scrounge for scrap material to cobble together a compound for securing equipment and material which will be used to build tactical operations centers, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


Staff Sgt. Sean Gann reads data from a total station used to position offset corner markers for the placement of a tactical operations center June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Gann is an engineer assistant assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron deployed from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron at Nellis Air Force, Nev. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi


Master Sgt. Lori Bordman runs electrical wires up into the rafters in the first of four tactical operations centers June 22, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Bordman is an electrician assigned to the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron and a reservist deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi



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