RED HORSE Airmen support Army in southern Baghdad

Capt. Kelvin Haywood (right) signs for a shipment of 17 trailers full of supplies from Army Staff Sgt. Chad Kollar June 22 at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Captain Haywood is the engineering flight commander with the 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron and Sergeant Kollar is logistical convoy commander with the 1207th Transportation Company attached to the 82nd Airborne Brigade. Sergeant Kollar is deployed from the Rhode Island Army National Guard and is based in Talil, Iraq. Captain Haywood is an Air Force reservist deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. He is in charge of the Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, or RED HORSE, Airmen who are forward deployed from Balad Air Base, Iraq and tasked with building four tactical operations centers for the Army's 2nd Brigade combat team, 3rd Infantry Division headquartered here. The 2/3 ID are currently running their operations out of tents. The Air Force RED HORSE unit was requested by the Army to come into this "Triangle of Death" location because of their self-suffiency and for the multiple skill sets they bring to a project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)