Post from Afghanistan

Expeditionary Workforce

 

                                                                                     June 12, 2008

 

We are busy executing a huge program at Afghanistan Engineer District.  We will probably exceed $2.0 billion in contract awards this fiscal year.  That will bring my total program to around $4.0 billion. We are constructing new facilities for the Afghan National Police and the Afghan National Army.  We also have a number of projects for the Army and Air Force at Bagram Air Field.

 

I am working as the Chief of Engineering and Construction for AED.  We are executing this workload through 8 Area Offices and 22 Resident Offices.  I have around 120 U.S. employees in my field offices and an additional 170 local national employees who help provide oversight of construction.

 

                      Russell Holeman

 

Weapons Familiarization Training for Civilians is held ever 6 months.

Cleaning weapons after a day on the range.

Mission briefing with Portugese soldiers prior to a site visit.

Foot patrol with Portugese soldiers to inspect construction of a police station.

Site visit at police station construction.  (Don’t look too close at scaffold.)

Yes, that is a welding machine.

Site visit at Afghan National Army Hospital construction project..