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A Soldier from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion moves quickly to secure a bride segment to a bridge erection boat in Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21 during a wet-gap crossing exercise. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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A 3rd Infantry Division M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank slowly moves onto a barge made of several bridge segments during a 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion wet-gap crossing exercise in Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21. The engineers constructed barges to move the tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Bridge erection boats from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion motor in Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21 during a wet-gap crossing exercise. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Sgt. 1st Class Skylar Davis’s wife Raelynn Davis records his reenlistment by Lt. Mathieu Sanders during the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion’s Sept. 21 wet-gap crossing exercise on Pineview Lake in Fort Stewart’s training area. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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A bridge erection boat from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion motors toward a bridge segment in Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21 during a wet-gap crossing exercise. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Bridge erection boats from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion push a barge with a 3rd Infantry Division M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept. 21. The engineers constructed barges to move the tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Sgt. Phillip Drummond drives a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck backward to deploy a bridge section into Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake under Spc. Rylee Halterman’s direction during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept. 21. The 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, joined the sections into barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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A 3rd Infantry Division Bradley infantry fighting vehicle drives off of a 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion barge during a wet-gap crossing exercise on Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank, and Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and the IFV across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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A 3rd Infantry Division Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle drives off of a 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion barge during a wet-gap crossing exercise on Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the AMPV across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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A bridge erection boat from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion pushes a barge with an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank and the armored vehicles across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Levers in hand, Spc. Catalina Kennedy (left) and Spc. Ogbonna Igwe (right), 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, prepare to pump down the ramp on a barge carrying an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank and the armored vehicles across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy.
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Fort Stewart conducts their quarterly Come Meet Your Army Tour to members of the Fort Stewart and local communities on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Members of the Fort Stewart community walk through the Third Infantry Division Museum during the Come Meet Your Army tour on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Coop
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Members of the Fort Stewart community walk through the Third Infantry Division Museum during the Come Meet Your Army tour on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Fort Stewart conducts their quarterly Come Meet Your Army Tour with members of the Fort Stewart and local communities on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Members of the Fort Stewart community honor our fallen soldiers on Warrior's Walk during the Come Meet Your Army tour on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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A soldier in the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, prepare to embark on a barge carrying an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank and the armored vehicles across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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A soldier poses for a photo on a 3rd Infantry Division Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle drives off of a 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion barge during a wet-gap crossing exercise on Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the AMPV across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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A soldier in 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, prepare a barge carrying an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank and the armored vehicles across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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A Soldier from the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion moves quickly to secure a bride segment to a bridge erection boat in Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake Sept. 21 during a wet-gap crossing exercise. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank, an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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A soldier in 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, prepares a barge carrying an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle and Bradley infantry fighting vehicle from the 3rd Infantry Division across Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake during a wet-gap crossing exercise Sept 21. The engineers constructed barges to move an M1A2 SEPv3 main battle tank and the armored vehicles across the lake. Moving heavy equipment across a water obstacle is a critical task for the unit because it validates the Army’s maneuvers capabilities and ability to close with and destroy an enemy. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Students from Richmond Hill high school learn from soldiers in 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, during the Come Meet Your Army Tour on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Students from Richmond Hill high school load into a tactical vehicle during the Come Meet Your Army Tour on Fort Stewart, Georgia, September 21, 2023. The demonstration builds community relations and increase awareness on how crew training is conducted. (US Army Photo by Joseph Cooper)
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Seventy-ton floating tanks. This was the last thing participants on the latest Come Meet Your Army tour expected to see as they ventured on post yesterday to grab a glimpse of what Army life is like behind the fence at Fort Stewart.
The Come Meet Your Army tour provides community members and newcomers with an inside look of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart garrison. The tour occurs once per quarter.
A first for the CMYA tour, participants had the opportunity to interact with 3rd ID Soldiers while witnessing a wet gap crossing training exercise at Fort Stewart’s Pineview Lake. The crossing was part of a multi-day training exercise hosted by the 497th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, and 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID.
Showcasing the 3rd Infantry Division’s capabilities to the community was an added bonus on top of an already successful training event.
“The importance of this training is to build sets and reps while getting units across the water but primarily validating that the American Army has the capability to get maneuvered to do what it does best, close distances and destroy the enemy,” said Capt. Joseph Whitley, commander of the 497th MRBC.
The Come Meet Your Army Tour, now in its second year, was created as a way to help bridge the gap between the community and the installation. Since it’s conception, the tour hasn’t just grown in its offerings, but in its size as well. Yesterday’s tour included nearly 60 participants, ranging from local high school students, retiree groups, garrison employees, Georgia Southern University staff, and local community members.
In addition to the wet gap crossing, participants took a windshield tour of the installation, ate lunch with the Fort Stewart Garrison Command Team at the 3rd Infantry Division Artillery Warrior Dining Facility, and took a walk among the 469 white blooming crepe myrtle trees that make up the 3rd Infantry Division’s living memorial honoring the 3rd ID Soldiers who were lost during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
“It’s been so great to be able to bring my students out here,” said Russ Carpenter, Richmond Hill High School Military History teacher and Mayor of Richmond Hill. “It was really something special and something that they won’t ever forget.”
The tour concluded with a visit to the 3rd ID history museum.
“Come Meet Your Army is an opportunity for members of the general public to come to Fort Stewart and learn about the history of the 3rd Infantry Division and our installation services,” said Dina McKain, Fort Stewart Community Relations Chief and tour organizer. “It’s a little window into what goes on behind the gates here and we are thrilled to be able to share the wonderful things we do here with our neighbors outside the gates.”
The next ‘Come Meet Your Army’ tour is scheduled for Dec. 7. To register, email Dina.m.McKain.civ@army.mil or call 912-210-9374.
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