FORT BONIFACIO, Metro Manila - The 546th Engineer Combat Battalion (546ECB), 53rd Engineer Brigade continue to build temporary homes for families displaced by Tropical Storm “Agaton” in Baybay City, Leyte on the 25th of May 2022.
The shelters, funded by the Office of the Civil Defense Region XIII, are being built by Army engineers in cooperation with the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner, Jr., conferred the HADR streamer award on the unit during his official visit to the headquarters of the 8th Infantry Division in Camp Vicente Lukban, Catbalogan, Samar earlier this month. The award recognizes the unit’s vital role in the national government-led HADR efforts for calamity victims, most notably in the aftermath of “Odette” in December 2021 and “Agaton” in April 2022.
It can be recalled that 546ECB deployed search and rescue teams and HADR equipment to help clear landslide-hit barangays in Baybay City and Mahaplag, Leyte. The unit also played a key role in the search, rescue and retrieval efforts for victims of massive landslides that hit Leyte during Agaton’s onslaught.
Photos: 546th Engineer Combat Battalion (546ECB), 53rd Engineer Brigade
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