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5 Just shy of a four-year run, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Essayons command cases its traditional colors on May 15, 2021 for the final time, during a small but impactful ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
It was on May 20, 2017 that the Transatlantic Division published an order establishing Task Force Essayons, in response to the Army’s Central Command demand signal for several anticipated projects in the Central Commands Joint Operational Area.
Task Force Essayons was a revolutionary approach to meeting small project requirements in support of military contingency operations. It is viewed as a highly responsive and essential engineering element in support of the Warfighter.
1 TAPA, Estonia – DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a highly complex, multinational, joint exercise involving over 26,000 forces from 26 nations conducting operations across more than 30 training areas in 12 countries. But how do you support all these troops logistically?
That’s a feat all to itself and one not taken lightly.
Army Capt. Triada Cross knows exactly what it takes to support DEFENDER-Europe 21. She’s the commander of the Base Operating Support-Integrator cell in Tapa, Estonia, for exercise Swift Response 21, one of several exercises being conducting simultaneously as part of DEFENDER-Europe 21.
“As the commander of BOS-I, I’m in charge of all the life support for all the U.S. Soldiers here in Tapa,” said Cross, whose normal job in Wiesbaden, Germany, is Contingency Command Post company commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. “I’m the tie between the support that’s happening on the ground and the units th