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Show July 29, 1999 lElnimifiXBQtfS SOU' DAVIS-MONTHA- U AFB, Ariz. (AFPN) N With a ribbon cutting ceremony sched- 1,049-foot-de- uled for a new school in Camatindi, Bolivia, July 29, U.S. combat engineers expect to have two more school buildings finished - more than a week ahead by mid-Augu- st of schedule. Deployed to South America since early May, the multiservice, multinational team of New Horizons Bolivia '99 are putting the finishing touches on a school building atTiguipa and are setting Aug. 11 as the completion date for a third school at Santa Rosa. "This team has done an outstanding job and is completing all of the projects well ahead of our original plans," said Lt. Col. Sean Saltzman, commander of the 819th Red Horse at Malmstrom AFB, Mont, and the leader of the task force. "By focusing on common goals, we're I 1L llr t ? 4 Photo by Stan Sgt. Kim Price assigned to Marine Wing Squadron 272 at MCAS New River, Cpl. Germar Reed, support N.C., maneuvers a hose to pour the concrete walls of a new school in Santa Rosa, Bolivia. Reed is part of a multiservice, multinational exercise called New Horizons Bolivia '99, designed to help improve the health, living conditions and infrastructure of southeastern Bolivia. scheduled to be finished by The team's first project finished three weeks ahead of schedule was smooth-in-g 14 miles of road and building three bridge crossings between the town of Cuevo and the main highway. The last project scheduled as part of New Horizons Bolivia '99 is a mid-Augus- Davis-Montha- t. solar-powere- d, freshwater drinking station at Capirenda. Scheduled to be completed g by Sept. 10., a specialized well-drillin- O D 0U You Can Live the v Sea 10 Comeflans Compete Fop Thousands 01 Do8ars hi Prbe Money! tMlyi 1!" 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"It's great to meet the folks from the local communities when they come out to watch us on the job." Refining their skills, the team is building the civic projects as a way of training for what they call their "triple R" mission, rapid runway repair. "Building these schools is great practice for us," said A1C Chris Luna a heavy equipment operator apprentice with the 819th "These projects give us the chance to practice using the concrete machines. All-Americ- an r K '1, they can anticipate each other's next move. That really helps to speed things up and make things safer." semi-traile- r. vices and building friendships between nations," said Saltzman. Sponsored by U.S. Southern Command in Miami and U.S. Southern Air Force at n AFB, Ariz., New Horizons deployments are part of a series of military exercises to build military partnerships and improve the quality of life for people in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Besides working on a school in Santa Rosa, the team has been building a medall ical clinic and a school at Tiguipa V: ep back-breakin- J able to train our troops how to work together and use their equipment. So we're not only building schools, we're building cooperation between the ser- J i Air Station New River, N.C. "These guys have pulled together to the point where crew anticipates auguring down to a depth of 1,100 feet after completing a well at El Agondonal. Having completed the Camatindi school July 9, the team focused their attention on the new school house in Santa Rosa pouring more than 42 cubic yards of concrete to form the walls July 22. For the engineering team, some of the most g work is "busting" cement bags. Weighing 110 pounds, each bag must be lifted, ripped open and dumped into the concrete mixer. "This is my office," said SSgt. Patrick Bowles as he stands covered with white cement powder on top of a concrete mixer the size of a "The guys dc wn there fork-lif-t 30. to 40 bags up to us at a time," said the structural specialists assigned to the 819th. "Up here, we lift them off the pallet and break them open." Since his arrival in country, Bowles said he has lost 25 pounds, and estimates he has lifted more than 18,000 pounds, of cement bags while working on projects at Camatindi, Tiguipa and the team's base camp in Boyuibe. By mixing Marine Corps and Air Force combat engineers together, Saltzman said the New Horizons Bolivia '99 projects are achieving new levels of interservice cooperation and international success. "Everything is really clicking between the airmen and the Marines," said the project manager for the Camatindi school, Gunnery Sgt Tom Passot of Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 at Marine Corps I |