18th Engineer Brigade Validated for Afghanistan Deployment

摘要

The 18th Engineer Brigade headquarters in Schwetz­ingen, Germany, completed its validation exercise in February 2011 for deployment to Afghanistan later in the year. The headquarters would deploy off-cycle from its subordinate units, requiring additional coordina­tion throughout the staff to prepare and execute training for the various levels within the brigade. When the brigade arrived in theater, it would be responsible for supporting Regional Commands-East, -North, and -Capital with en-gineering efforts.