RTF engineers successfully completed the construction of a police outpost in the Oruzgan Province in six days despite attacks from the Taliban.
Apart from the two serious clashes, soldiers found an IED and removed it before it could harm anyone.
Engineer commander Lt John Pring said the police outpost was strategically sited, in consultation with Afghan National Security Forces, to ensure it had a commanding presence over the area.
“There is significant blast protection built into the position. We have also installed new services as well as sleeping and living quarters, which is a great improvement on what they are used to,” Lt Pring said.
To conduct the task, he called on his tradesmen and earthmovers. “We had two bulldozers, an excavator and two bobcats operating on the job. They are up-armoured and provide the same ballistic protection as the Bushmaster and ASLAVS.”
