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JAN-APR 2014

Engineer presents professional information designed to keep U.S. military and civilian engineers informed of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development.

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January–April 2014 12 Engineer To get around these obstacles, construction command- ers may elect to have their units deployed for overseas duty training in El Salvador, Ecuador, or Panama for exercises such as Nuevos Horizontes and Beyond the Horizons. These company level exercises give commanders the opportunity to execute job-specifc training and create the opportunity to conduct the language and cultural training that are vital to any combat deployment. These exercises are tough; the Soldiers don't deploy just to execute training. They go to help construct infra- structure, build or repair roads, and share the goodwill of the American peo- ple. By doing so, prevention can result as a beneft from the Army's pres- ence. Related to this is shaping the inter- national operational environment, which is achieved by building partnership capacity and trust. We build strong rela- tionships with the local populace by pro- viding them with much-needed schools, wells, or new roads, showing them that the Army is not solely for warfghting. Shape the O ent E ngineers help to shape the opera- tional environment through infra- structure building and stability operations with partner nations. These tasks are vital for national interests because they allow company comman- ders, as representatives of the United States, to build relationships with the local nationals. If, during a shura with the local imam, a commander learns that insurgents have placed impro- vised explosive devices under area overpasses, then that commander's route clearance company can now assure mobility to the maneuver commander by successfully defeating those devices. In this example, the shura is a shaping operation as the outcome created a condition for the success of an operation. Soldiers from the 775th Engineer Detachment (Well Drilling), drill a well in Dijbouti in sup- port of Combined Joint Task Force– Horn of Africa. Soldiers with the 829th Engineer Company, along with Colombian soldiers, remove lumber from a construction site in Las Marias, El Salvador. EN Baldwin.1.indd 15 3/12/2014 1:07:14 PM

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