BAGHDAD -- Spc. Andrew Strickler, a Wakefield, Minn., native, ground guides the Hyex to a Hesco box that will reinforce a test fire control pit at Victory Base Complex Jan. 25. Behind the pit is a tower that leaders say will be safer due to the reinforcement. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kirk Liljestrum, 317th Eng. Co., USD-C)