Army Corps to Double Effort In Afghanistan, Chief Says
The Army Corps of Engineers' rebuilding program in Afghanistan will double in size in the next year, says Lt. Gen. Carl A. Strock, the Corps' Chief as NATO forces battle the Taliban and seek to demonstrate infrastructure improvements to the Afghan people.
Strock, in an Oct. 18 press briefing from Kabul,said that the Corps' Afghanistan Engineer District has committed to about 600 projects over the next year, totaling approximately $1 billion in security and infrastructure work.