BAGHDAD - Pvt. Nicholas Vickers, heavy equipment operator, Company B, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade, a native of Anderson, Mo., operates a bucker loader to fill HESCO barriers with dirt during range reconstruction at...

BAGHDAD - Spc. Nicholas Kromer, heavy Equipment Operator, Company B, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade, a native of Manahawkin, N.J., operates the hydraulic excavator filling the HESCOs with dirt July 23. Staff Sgt. Matth...

BAGHDAD - 2nd Lt. Julia Miller (left), a native of Prichard, Ala., platoon leader, Company B, 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade, and Pfc. Ryan Blue (right), from Fayetteville, NC, a heavy equipment operator, shovel dirt i...