“Dirt Boys” move earth, increase morale
Tech. Sgt. Mark Ondersma, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, heavy equipment operator, watches as Tech. Sgt. Phillip Biwer, 386th ECES, heavy equipment operator, operates a Volvo 30-ton dump truck here, July 24, 2013. Ondersma directs Biwer where to dump the gatch at the future site of a new building. Gatch is a sand and gypsum mix used under all buildings here; it is the equivalent to quick concrete. Ondersma, a native of Hudsonville, Mich. is deployed out of the 110th Airlift Wing, Battle Creek, Mich., Air National Guard unit. Biwer, a native of Plainfield Ill. is deployed out of the 110th Airlift Wing, Battle Creek, Mich., Air National Guard unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher A. Campbell)