Soldier participates in Urban Search & Rescue exercise in Nevada
Spc. Kennedy Okumu with the 409th Engineer Vertical Construction Company assesses gusset operations at a wood cutting station. A gusset is a piece of plywood used to stabilize the joints of the shoring during rescue operations. Emergency shoring is used in urban search and rescue incidents as a temporary stabilization or re-support of damaged structural members or systems subject to continued movement or collapse.