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Engineers blow up 32-year-old tower they built
tower explosion
Before and during: The range tower at Red Cloud Bravo on Fort Stewart goes up in a flash Thursday afternoon. - photo by Photo by Randy C. Murray
Soldiers with the 92ndEngineer Battalion Thursday destroyed a range tower that was built by that unit 32 years ago. According to Capt. William Watts, commander of 530 Engineer Co., the 20-foot, concrete tower at Red Cloud Bravo was slated by Fort Stewart’s Range Control to be demolished because the range is no longer used for 50 caliber and MK-19 weapon practice. The engineers decided to use the demolition as training, he said.
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