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Arkansas Guard leadership visits 188th civil engineers in Guatemala

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  • 188th Fighter wing Public Affairs
TACTIC, Guatemala --  Leaders with the Arkansas National Guard and 188th Fighter Wing recently trekked to Tactic, Guatemala, to pay a visit to Airmen with the 188th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The 188th CES deployed three teams in three, separate two-week rotations to Guatemala to support BTH, a U.S. Army South-led humanitarian aid and military engineering exercise demonstrating U.S. support and commitment to Guatemala, Arkansas' partner in the National Guard's State Partnership Program.

Brig. Gen. Dwight Balch, Arkansas Air National Guard commander; Col. Mark Anderson, 188th Fighter Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Asa Carter, 188th command chief master sergeant; and Lt. Col. Tenise Gardner, 188th Mission Support Group commander; were among those who ventured to Guatemala to observe the 188th civil engineers' progress at Tactic.

The 188th CES' primary objective at BTH was to construct an addition to an existing clinic, the Centro de Salud, which serves the area of Tactic and is already responsible for the delivery of a quarter of the town's children. The new 1,500-square-foot structure will function as a women's clinic and has four exam rooms, one lab, three bathrooms, a maternity ward and a waiting room.

Between the BTH opening ceremony on April 18 and the end of operations in early July, U.S. forces will have completed construction projects at two schools, construction of three medical clinics, a short-term veterinary aid station, and the establishment of several medical care points, each able to render aid to almost 1,000 Guatemalan civilians a day.

Arkansas Guard leadership visits 188th civil engineers in Guatemala

  • Published
  • 188th Fighter wing Public Affairs
TACTIC, Guatemala --  Leaders with the Arkansas National Guard and 188th Fighter Wing recently trekked to Tactic, Guatemala, to pay a visit to Airmen with the 188th Civil Engineer Squadron.
The 188th CES deployed three teams in three, separate two-week rotations to Guatemala to support BTH, a U.S. Army South-led humanitarian aid and military engineering exercise demonstrating U.S. support and commitment to Guatemala, Arkansas' partner in the National Guard's State Partnership Program.

Brig. Gen. Dwight Balch, Arkansas Air National Guard commander; Col. Mark Anderson, 188th Fighter Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Asa Carter, 188th command chief master sergeant; and Lt. Col. Tenise Gardner, 188th Mission Support Group commander; were among those who ventured to Guatemala to observe the 188th civil engineers' progress at Tactic.

The 188th CES' primary objective at BTH was to construct an addition to an existing clinic, the Centro de Salud, which serves the area of Tactic and is already responsible for the delivery of a quarter of the town's children. The new 1,500-square-foot structure will function as a women's clinic and has four exam rooms, one lab, three bathrooms, a maternity ward and a waiting room.

Between the BTH opening ceremony on April 18 and the end of operations in early July, U.S. forces will have completed construction projects at two schools, construction of three medical clinics, a short-term veterinary aid station, and the establishment of several medical care points, each able to render aid to almost 1,000 Guatemalan civilians a day.