Iraqi Engineers Prepare to Work Independently
Iraqi Engineers Prepare to Work Independently
By Army Sgt. Benjamin R. Kibbey
Special to American Forces Press Service
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, Nov. 20, 2009 – A Basra, Iraq, native brings 50 years of experience as an architect, a master’s degree and a resume that reads like a travel guide ranging across Europe and the Middle East and even Japan to his job as leader of the Iraqi facilities engineering team here.
A worker at the Anzio logistics site on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, bends rebar to be used in the placement of housing trailers for U.S. troops Nov. 14, 2009. The work at the site is being overseen and planned by an Iraqi facilities engineering team, a group of mechanical, civil, electrical and architectural engineers taking over the base’s planning from the U.S. Air Force. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin R. Kibbey
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