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A female soldier grins and stands with her hands raised on a vehicle.

(Andy Dunaway/Stars and Stripes)

Seoul, South Korea, June 15, 2001: 2nd Lt. Rose Guerrero, 2nd Platoon Leader, 50th Engineer Company-Assault Float Bridge, smiles after emerging from the Han River after being in charge of her 1st bridge completion.

After the bridge was completed, a few new officers got their initiation to the company when their soldiers tossed them in the river.

The 50th Engineer Company at Camp LaGuardia, South Korea, were building a floatable bridge across the wide river with the help of a South Korean reserve battalion.

Read the article in the bridge building exercise and see additional photos here.

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