Company "C" Update/Major David Haney

Hello Friends of Peoria’s Marine Corps Combat Engineer Company “C”,
And greetings from cool and wet Iraq. Although we are certainly not dealing with the Illinois bitter cold and snow drifts, we have seen a marked change in the weather in the first month of this New Year. Rest assured, mission accomplishment continues despite wind, sand, rain and mud.
As always, the Peoria Marine Engineers continue to get a lot done and impress the supported units here with the quality of their hard work. One of the latest Camp Al-Taqaddum project completions has been the new Chapel at Engineer Village, here on board the base. The Battalion Chaplain is a very proud curator of that new structure and is most pleased with the diligent work that many of the Peoria Marines invested in its construction.
The Engineer Support Company Peoria Marines who are here aboard Camp Al-Taqaddum are also working very hard with more road repair tasking and heavy equipment operation both on and off the base. During this rainy part of the year, our Support Marines are tasked with a good deal of work aligned with drainage projects which includes road grading and the transport and spreading of gravel.
Our leadership in Camp Fallujah, just to the East of us between here and Baghdad, tell me that our Engineers working there are also doing well and are highly engaged with many projects that they are executing. They remain on-track to return about one month after we Camp Al-Taqaddum Marines.
We are all very happy to see the long month of January in our “rear view mirror” and are eagerly moving forward through February toward our long-anticipated return. As has been the case since August, your continued support makes all of the difference. Please be aware that the cut-off for incoming mail to arrive in TQ is 1 March, but please keep your support coming until then. Camp Fallujah Marines will be able to receive mail for a few weeks beyond that.
Finally, take note that the outgoing email and phone call capability (from TQ and Fallujah) has been temporarily reduced as of 31 January due to an undersea cable cut in the Mediterranean Sea. We are hoping for that to be repaired in mid-February--until then we are able to get very few emails or phone calls out, but can still receive email and of course snail mail.
Hang in there; the light at the end of the tunnel is swinging into view. Until next time--
Semper Fidelis,
Major David Haney Company Commander Engineer Company “C”