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94 th EN BN CONUS Construction Riverbend, Phase IIIA Laredo, TX 24 January 2010 – 10 March 2010. Overview.
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94th EN BN CONUS Construction Riverbend, Phase IIIA Laredo, TX 24 January 2010 – 10 March 2010
Overview Mission: 94th EN BN deploys a horizontal construction platoon (+) to Laredo, TX O/A 29JAN10 IOT improve a 0.88 mile length of road with cut/fill operations, caliche, and proper drainage; and redeploys to Fort Leonard Wood, MO O/A 07MAR10 IOT support the Department of Homeland Security’s mission on the US-Mexico Border. Scope of Work: • 0.88 mile of 24’ wide, all-weather patrol road • 3 concrete low-water crossings • 250 feet of guard rail, 19 road signs, 40 linear feet of pipe gate, post and cable barricades • Over 1000 linear feet of drainage ditches METL trained: • Deploy personnel by air, quartering party operations. • Road construction: Clearing, grubbing, cut/fill, spreading material, shaping material, compaction. • Reporting procedures, construction progress tracking.
Concept of the Operation Phase I - Planning JTF-N Contacted 94th EN BN, with proposed construction project Plans & SOW complete, Company tasked Platoon begins planning S3 & S4 Site Recon Platoon OIC & NCOIC Recon BDE Approval Unit briefs plan to JTF-N Unit accepts mission Platoon conducts PRECON
Concept of the Operation Phase II - Execution Clearing & grubbing Cutting, filling & shaping sub-base Sub-base compaction Drainage ditch filter fabric & rip-rap
Concept of the Operation Phase II - Execution Concrete low water crossing installation Final walkthrough & customer acceptance Spreading & shaping of base AAR & media coverage
BEFORE (29 JAN 10) AFTER (07 MAR 10)
Counterinsurgency Training • Key Leader Engagement/Negotiation • USBP, USACE, LCC, Civilian Engineers, Concerned citizens (environmentalists), Contractors, media • Battle Space Owners, Civilian Construction companies, HN Military Engineers, HN Government, Contractors, USACE • Cultural Understanding • USBP-LS/LCC relationship, Drug Cartel in Mexico, Drug/Human trafficking • HN Military/Civilian relationships, Insurgent groups, International terrorism • EOF/ROE • SRUF – Posse Comitatus • ROE – HN Laws • Every Soldier a Sensor and Ambassador