Engineers Apply D-Day-Like Focus to Afghanistan Buildup

摘要

The last time the 25th Naval Construction Regiment had a mission even remotely approaching the scope of its current task in Afghanistan was during its last deployment, preparing for the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.rnThe unit, decommissioned after World War II and re-commissioned last year in Gulfport, Miss., is part of the massive buildup underway in Afghanistan to accommodate incoming U.S. forces. One testament to their efforts is Camp Leatherneck, a facility that is springing up in record time alongside the British Camp Bastion in Helmand Province.