Bridging the Mississippi: Army Reserve bridge companies raft Mississippi during WAREX
An Army Reserve Soldier reaches for a thrown rope while conducting rafting operations on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wis., as part of Warrior Exercise 15-02. The 459th Engineer Company (Multi-role bridge), out of Bridgeport, W. Va., led the operation, augmented by Soldiers from the 310th, out of Fort A.P. Hill, Va., and 299th, out of Fort Belvoir, Va., Eng. Companies (Multi-role bridge). They built a six-piece float with four interior and two ramp improvised ribbon bridge bays, using five bridge erection boats to move the pieces into place. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Debralee Best)