Soldiers with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming
Summary
Soldiers with the 1041st Engineer Company, Wyoming Army National Guard, begin the process of connecting bays of the Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, July 21, at the Guernsey Reservoir, in Wyoming. The Soldiers work under the supervision of civilian instructors from AM General, the bridge’s manufacturer. The IRB replaces the Standard Ribbon Bridge, developed in the 1970s. The bridge, which can be turned into a raft, can carry a heavy equipment transport loaded with an M1A2 Abrams tank. The 1041st is based in armories in the Wyoming cities of Rock Springs, Evanston and Afton.
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rock springs
srb
evanston
national guard
camp guernsey
1041st engineer company
improved ribbon bridge
irb
standard ribbon bridge
assault float bridge
afton
wyoming army
1st lt christian venhuizen
joint force headquarters wyoming national guard
guernsey
wyoming guard fields new float bridge
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wyoming
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Date
1970 - 1979
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