94 th EN BN CONUS Construction Riverbend, Phase IIIA Laredo, TX 24 January 2010 – 10 March 2010

Overview Mission: 94 th 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: 1.Deploy personnel by air, quartering party operations. 2.Road construction: Clearing, grubbing, cut/fill, spreading material, shaping material, compaction. 3.Reporting procedures, construction progress tracking.

AO Orientation

Concept of the Operation Phase I - Planning JTF-N Contacted 94 th EN BN, with proposed construction project BDE Approval S3 & S4 Site Recon Unit accepts mission Plans & SOW complete, Company tasked Platoon begins planning Platoon OIC & NCOIC Recon Platoon conducts PRECON Unit briefs plan to JTF-N

Concept of the Operation Phase II - Execution Clearing & grubbingCutting, filling & shaping sub-baseSub-base compactionDrainage ditch filter fabric & rip-rap

Concept of the Operation Phase II - Execution Spreading & shaping of baseConcrete low water crossing installation Final walkthrough & customer acceptance AAR & media coverage

Progress Tracking

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

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