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  • September

    Members of the 542nd Engineer Detachment, Forward Engineer Support Team—Advanced (FEST-A), pose for a group photo at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, Apr. 8, 2021. U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza

    District welcomes 542nd FEST-A Team home

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District 542nd Engineer Detachment, Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A) were welcomed back from deployment by family and friends at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, Sept. 15.

  • April

    The 542nd Forward Engineering Support Team - Advanced gathers for a group photo at a camp in Iraq. The team is completing a six-month deployment supporting the Combined Joint Task Force with a wide array of engineering missions across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

    Savannah’s FEST-A delivers unmatched engineering support traversing Middle East

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Four months after launching into a six-month deployment to Kuwait, Savannah’s Forward Engineering Support Team – Advance (FEST-A) convened recently to discuss engineering solutions supplied to the region and assignments on the horizon.

  • December

    Members of the 542nd FEST-A use a laser finder to obtain measurements of a bridge located during a bridge reconnaissance exercise on Hunter Army Airfield Sept. 18. The team gathered Sept. 15-25 to conduct two weeks of FEST-A training exercises.

    Clock winds down as elite engineering team readies for deployment

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – As 2014 departs, so will 12 members of the 542nd Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A), who deploy to Kuwait in January for more than six months to provide specialized technical engineering support for the Central Command area of responsibility.

  • October

    Piper Bazemore, Sgt. Maj. Mark Andrews, Sue Wilcox and Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio Jones (left to right) conduct an airfield assessment during training exercises on Hunter Army Airfield held Sept. 22. During the last week of training, members split into two teams to conduct collective training exercise which included airfield assessments and bridge reconnaissance. The 542nd Engineer Detachment Forward Engineering Support Team - Advanced is ensuring deployment readiness by January 2015 (USACE photo by Chelsea Smith).

    FEST-A gears up for future deployment, seeks new talent

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Afghanistan’s mountainous terrain spread itself out before Piper Bazemore, recently strapped into a MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter as part of an engineering mission in the region.