The Air Force has some 550 airmen—active duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command from various units—deployed to Southwest Asia. At Balad AB, Iraq, alone they are working projects that USAF officials say total more than $6 million. The 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron has about 400 of the airmen, who work throughout Iraq, reports SSgt. Tammie Moore in the Nellis Bullseye. The remainder work under the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group and travel throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, wherever needed. These specialists in rapid, heavy construction, perform work not normally done by a base-level civil engineer.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.