The Transatlantic Division’s Task Force Essayons (TFE) conducted a change of command for its Headquarters Detachment on April 6, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq.
TFE Commander Col. Jim Riely presided over the ceremony where Capt. Joe Marut relinquished command to Capt. Andrea Taylor. SFC Robert Polsunas presented the unit colors.
Marut, who is assigned to the ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab in Hanover, New Hampshire, assumed command of the HHD on April 4, 2018. He will redeploy May 4, 2019, with a follow-on assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas. Prior to the change of command ceremony, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze deFleury Medal.
Taylor is assigned to the USACE Contingency Response Unit (CRU), co-located with USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She has assumed the HHD Commander responsibilities for the duration of her deployment in Iraq.
TFE supports U.S. Army Central in the Middle East, as well as Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve and U.S. Coalition Partner forces in order to enable the degradation and defeat of ISIS through provision of agile, responsive, forward-deployed project management, engineering, design, construction COR and QA oversight, environmental, real estate, and base camp master planning capabilities.