REDHORSE lends a helping hand

Master Sgt. David Carreon, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, operates a dynamic cone penetrometer at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 4, 2020. The Airmen planned, designed and executed a plan to pave an existing access road to an Airfield Damage Repair Training Site. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Master Sgt. David Carreon, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, operates a dynamic cone penetrometer at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 4, 2020. RED HORSE is self-sufficient, with rapid response capabilities, to conduct independent operations in remote, high-threat environments. They also provide heavy repair capability and construction support to recover critical facilities and utility systems, including airfield runways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Tech. Sgt. Jaime Neuss, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, operates a dynamic cone penetrometer, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 4, 2020. The DCP is used to determine underlying soil strength by measuring the penetration of the device into the soil after each hammer blow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Master Sgt. David Carreon, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, prepares to use a dynamic cone penetrometer at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 4, 2020. The DCP is used to determine underlying soil strength by measuring the penetration of the device into the soil after each hammer blow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Airman 1st Class Wyatt Brewington, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, reads scans from the Trimble business center at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 9, 2020. RED HORSE provides heavy repair capability and construction support to recover airfield runways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Garner)

Airman 1st Class Wyatt Brewington, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, operates a Trimble business center at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 9, 2020. The business center records the data from the surveying total station so engineers can provide accurate measurements for road construction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Garner)

Airman 1st Class Wyatt Brewington, assigned to the 554th RED HORSE, or Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers, monitors a Trimble Surveying Total Station at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 9, 2020. The surveying tool marks about 7 million control points from a 360-degree scan to help RED HORSE pave an access road to the Airfield Damage Repair Training Site. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jordan Garner)