KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The first time you see a Mabey-Johnson bridge, you’re likely to say to yourself, “That thing looks heavy!” You would be right. Just ask the field engineers who have to lift it.
In the sweltering summer heat of southern Afghanistan, field engineers from Canada and the United States are teaching 60 Romanian Army counterparts how to construct steel bridges over the streams and wadis of the region.
“These Romanian engineers are excellent workers — and they are eager to learn,” said Chief Warrant Officer Alain Guimond, a field engineer from Kingston, Ont., deployed in Afghanistan with the headquarters of ISAF Regional Command (South). “This work is very hard. The pieces of the bridge are heavy and a lot of preparation is required to construct this type of bridge.”
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