Hunting for Water: A Look at Military Well Drilling in Africa
U.S. Army Reservists and Navy Seabees team up to provide potable water in areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti.
Water is on everyone's minds these days. In Africa, there is either too little or too much of it.
In the case of Ethiopia, the U.S. Seabees in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion - 5 (NMCB-5) responded to recent flooding in Dire Dawa. They moved 60 tents from Djibouti to Dire Dawa and trained the military forces on site on how to set up the tents and provide shelter for displaced civilians.