Essayons Highlights - 416th TEC

About this newsletter - ESSAYONS HIGHLIGHTS is a monthly authorized newsletter featuring top news across the 416th Theater Engineer Command from the Army and commercial news media. The con-tents of Essayons Highlights are not necessarily the official views of—or endorsed by—the U.S. Government or Department of the Army. It is produced by the 416th TEC Public Affairs Office. To subscribe or submit articles and photographs to Essayons Highlights, please contact the Public Information Team @ (usarmy.usarc.416-eng-cmd.list.public-affairs-all-users@mail.mil). Public Affairs Office, 416th TEC, Headquarters, Darien, IL 60544 (Ph: 630-739-7106).

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Unexpected kindness

By Staff Sgt. Clifford Coy, 368th Public Affairs Detachment

SAN JUAN OPICO, El Salvador – Not only are the Soldiers from the 492nd En-gineer Company building clinics in El Salvador, but one Soldier went above and beyond his mission to bring kindness to the region. News Story

Miles for Lives: Chicago ruck march held in honor of strug-gling vets

By Master Sgt. Michel Sauret, 416th TEC CHICAGO – For thousands of military veterans each year, the struggles of life might feel like a lonesome march to nowhere. To bring awareness to their strug-gle, 450 people gathered for a 22-mile ruck march to raise awareness for veteran suicides. News Story | Video Story

JUNE 2015

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What the TEC? Redesigning Theater Engineer Commands in the Army Reserve

By Master Sgt. Michel Sauret, 416th TEC PAO

DARIEN, Ill. – The Army Reserve has the only two Theater Engineer Commands (TECs) across the entire Department of Defense, and they’re currently undergo-ing a major change. News Story

Army Reserve engineer commands honor fallen Soldiers with memorial wall

By Staff Sgt. Carrie Castillo, 416th TEC PAO

, DARIEN, Ill. – An Army Reserve engineer command headquartered in the greater Chicago area hosted a ceremony in honor of Soldiers who lost their lives in the last two decades of war-fighting operations during a memorial wall unveiling ceremony.

News Story | News Video | Chicago Tribune Engineer company keeps it in the family

By Timothy Hale, USARC Public Affairs

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – “Filling spots on a roster might work for some units, but it doesn’t work for me,” said Capt. Jeremy Lake, commander of the 312th Engi-neer Company. “I want Soldiers who want to come to the unit and stay with the unit.” News Story | Additional Full Court Press Story