In less than a week Col. Daniel Hibner, commander of the Savannah District, assembled a team of experts to assess damage and repair critical infrastructure. He tapped into the Corps' vast network of expertise, including structural, hydraulic and civil engineers, to form his team. But Hibner didn't stop with Corps experts and contracts. He made a call that got dirt moving on Day 3. This came in the form of the 27th Airborne Combat Engineer Battalion at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The battalion sent 93 Soldiers to support this rapidly forming task force and they were on site less than 12 hours from the execution order.
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