Mr. Alemayehu Mekonin (left), a Water Engineer at the Gode Waste Water Treatment Facility, greets US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Paul Vandenberg, an Engineer assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 (NMCB-7), as he arrives at the Facility in Gode, Ethiopia (ETH). Mr. Mekonin is overseeing a construction project to add capacity to the area's water treatment ability. CDR Vandenberg is doing preliminary research as part of Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Horn of Africa, which is interested in aiding the people of Ethiopia as they improve their quality of life. In the center is Abdi Reshid Mohamed Omer, the head of Ethiopia's Mines and Energy Department
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Gode
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Roger S. Duncan, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
31/03/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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