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- [Voiceover] While the Puerto Rican

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Army National Guard is away on deployment,

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the Oklahoma Army National Guard engineers step in

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to support infrastructure projects

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and provide backup hurricane relief

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during their annual training.

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The projects center on the construction

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and maintenance of Camp Santiago

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Joint Maneuver Training Center and

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Fort Allen Training Center.

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This is the third of five iterations

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visiting Puerto Rico this year

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from the 120th Engineer Batalion.

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- [Voiceover] This rotation switched focus

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from Camp Santiago to Fort Allen

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in an effort to have all construction sites

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wrapped up at both training centers

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by the end of this year.

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- We're out here today clearing

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this ditch for the Fort Allen to help

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with the drainage issue that they're having

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on this side of the post.

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The ditch ain't draining like it should

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so once we get it cleared out, it'll be able

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to drain a whole lot easier and

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it won't make a big swamp on this side of the post.

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- [Voiceover] Oklahoma Engineers provide

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soldiers and equipment for road construction,

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vegetation clearing and waterway excavation.

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Their work efforts help prevent flooding hazards

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on both posts.

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- What we're doing here is we're restoring a motor pool.

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We're taking two individual motor pools,

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tearing down the barrier fence,

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removing debris and then we're gonna grade out

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the surface so that it can be used again.

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- [Voiceover] Oklahoma engineers giving support

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across international waters and in U.S. territories

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is a huge part of the Army Corps of Engineers'

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overall mission.

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From the 145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment,

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reporting for the Oklahoma Army National Guard

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from Puerto Rico, I'm Sergeant 1st Class Amber O'Say.