U.S. military bunkers across the Middle East are getting new doors and added protection as recent events draw attention to indirect blast-related injuries.
The Hawaii National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are already on the ground but Hawaii needs to formally request a larger force.
If called to breach a minefield, reduce an obstacle or bridge a gap, combat engineers would have nothing acceptable to send, these retired Marines say.
By Lt. Gen. William Keys (retired) and Maj. Gen. Ronald Richard (retired)
The Army Corps of Engineers dedicated a pair of survey boats for Staff Sgt. Vernon W. Martin and Spc. Christopher J. Holland, two fallen soldiers with local ties to coastal Georgia.