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Dirt Boys drain the rain

By Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs / Published September 07, 2016

Staff Sgt. Casey Epps, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, saws through concrete, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The ECES technicians dug up the ground to create a new drainage system located at the passengers terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Staff Sgt. Casey Epps, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, assists Senior Airman Bobby Rayscales Jr., 455th ECES engineer assistant, as he plows dirt, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The construction area will be the site of a new drainage system located at the passengers terminal and will help collect excess water and precipitation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Staff Sgt. Casey Epps, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, assistant Senior Airman Bobby Rayscales Jr., 455th ECES engineer assistant, as he plows dirt, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The technicians worked to prepare an area for a new drainage system designed to collect excess water and precipitation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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The 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment technicians, otherwise known as “Dirt Boys”, construct a new drainage system, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The system will be used to collect excess water and precipitation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Staff Sgt. Jacob Skjei, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, digs dirt out of a ditch, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The engineers, otherwise known as “Dirt Boys”, worked to construct a new drainage system at the passenger’s terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Pavement and equipment technicians from the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, dig a hole at a construction site, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The site was prepared for a new drainage system designed to collect excess water and precipitation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Senior Airman Jacob Nevills, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, operates a backhoe to remove dirt from a ditch, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The engineers, otherwise known as “Dirt Boys”, worked to construct a new drainage system at the passenger’s terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Staff Sgt. Casey Epps, 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, saws through concrete, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2016. The ECES technicians dug up the ground to create a new drainage system located at the passengers terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)