European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 29 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 troops practice equipment draw for Ursoi by Franklin Fisher stars and stripes a Yongtaek South Korea us troops began falling in on Camp Carroll warehouses this week to draw tanks and other equipment they need to fight a War Here it was the first time in four years that the us army prac tired the equipment draw the exercise saw a squad Ron sized armoured cavalry task Force pieced together from sever Al us based units draw m1a1 Abrams tanks m2a2 Bradley fighting vehicles humvee and a variety of other vehicles from Camp Carroll and ready them for use in live fire combat exercises the Drill which started Mon Day was part of the annual us South korean military exer Cise called reception staging Onward movement and integration under Way throughout the Peninsula troops Drew the vehicles from a set of warehouses at the army Materiel support Cente Korea Mack where repositioned stocks of combat vehicles for a brigade sized unit Are kept ready with other equipment it was last carried out during Ursoi in 2003 said maj Eric Rog ers of the army Field support battalion North East Asia at Camp Carroll but us forces Korea commander army Gen by Bell directed that the equip photos Courtesy of the us army left earlier this week at Camp Carroll South Korea soldiers of task Force Black horse move combat vehicles they were preparing for transport to a training Range where they were to use them in a live fire exercise right the task Force consisting of soldiers from the 2nd Squadron Lith cavalry regiment at fort Irwin Calif and Battery b 2nd battalion 5th Field artillery at fort Sill okla were taking part in the annual reception staging Onward movement and integration exercise men draw train ing resume this Rogers said due to some other priorities within the army it Hast been done in a couple of years and Gen Bell decided it was time to train up Rogers said once troops drive the vehicles from the warehouses they begin a series of maintenance checks foal Eagle if deficiencies turn up the vehicles Crew works with mechanics from the Field sup port battalion to fix them As quickly As possible Rogers said after the draw the vehicles were slated for transport by train and truck to Camp Casey in Dong Lucheon and from there to Rodriguez Range said gee Jeon mocks chief of transportation this years Drill Marks the first deployment in South Korea of a new Means the army developed for maintaining combat equip ment on the Battlefield a to bile repair shop called the for Ward repair system the system is a self enclosed shelter that can be hauled by truck and is equipped with a wide array of tools that enable mechanics to carry out big maintenance tasks far from a regular maintenance depot the training enables the sup port battalion to validate that yes we can Issue equipment and can do our wartime Mission if required Rogers said and the task Force gets to see How things Are done in another theater outside of the United states he said email Franklin Fisher at runway repair on the double Seabee s koreans practice Patch jobs after simulated missile attack by Erik Slavin stars and stripes Pahang South Korea rapidly fixing a Bat to scarred runway can make the difference be tween ending a Battle quickly with air support or Leav ing highly trained pilots on the sidelines on Friday Navy Seabee and their South korean counterparts practice runway repair after a simulated missile attack with Speed and accuracy in mind at a South korean air base in Pahang As part of the reception staging Onward movement and integration and foal Eagle exercises Seabee used a flush foreign objects and debris cover to Patch the runway and keep air traffic rolling earlier in the week Seabee took As Long As 38 minutes to Roll out and prepare the cover for a gaping Hole in the Concrete run photos by Erik and stripes Navy Seabee and their South korean counterparts Roll out a 3000pound fibreglass Sheet designed to cover Large blast holes on runways at a South korean air base in Pahang on Friday Seabee worked on finishing the task As quickly As possible while High ranking officials observed Navy Seabee use tools to move the fibreglass Sheet Over the Jiorle Way by fridays demonstration in front of a South korean Admi ral and other dignitaries the sea bees prepared the cover in 17 minutes trucks and construction vehicles then filled the Hole with dirt and smoothed it before the sea bees covered it Over the entire process took a Little Over 40 min utes after a missile attack damage assessment teams plot craters on a map and look for strips of run Way that Are easiest to repair said builder chief Petty officer Carl Peltier next comes the cover on Fri Day the Seabee rolled out a 3000pound fibreglass cover and then interlocked it with Metal grommets the most difficult part of this is getting the holes lined up said Seaman Lee Seltenreich Seabee will sometimes use i Berglass covers other times they use much heavier aluminium Cov ers that interlock like legos Peltier said the aluminium covers take longer to set he said however the material int As important As getting the team on the same Page the Seabee said Twenty two naval Mobile construction battalion 3 Seabee from naval base Ventura county Calif participated in the exer Cise twelve of them have been on a six month deployment to Chunhae naval base in South Korea while 10 who have been deployed to Okinawa were sent to the Peninsula for the exercise the Seabee worked Side beside with South korean Navy Wing 6 service members the main thing is doing this Over and Over said Petty officer 3rd class Brian prime the More we do it the faster we get like anything else email Erik Slavin at