ANA accepts responsibility for new barracks at Camp Monitor

19 Jul 2012

Center) Lt. Col. Mohammed Azem, the Department of Public Works officer for the 3rd Garrison, and other 209th Corps members review the Dari version of the contract in which the 209th Corps assumes responsibility for the barracks project at Sheberghan Camp Monitor, Sar-e-Pol Province July 1st. (Photo courtesy:  U.S. Air Force SSgt James BolingerRegional Support Command - North, Public Affairs)

CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan – The Afghan National Army assumed responsibility for Phase 1 of a building project from the United States Army Corps of Engineers July 1 at Sheberghan Camp Monitor, Sar-e-Pol Province.

Phase 1 of the two-phase project included 24 buildings which will house the ANA's 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 209th Corps. The buildings range from barracks and bathrooms, to administrative offices and laundry facilities.

Members of the End User Monitor Team, based at Camp Spann, walked through the completed site with members of the ANA's 209th Corps before sitting down to review the paperwork and apply signatures.

Afghan National Army soldiers from the 209th Corps and members of the End User Monitor Team based at Camp Spann, inspect a barracks complex. (Photo courtesy: U.S. Air Force SSgt James BolingerRegional Support Command - North, Public Affairs)

ANA Lt. Col. Mohammad Azem, the Department of Public Works officer for the 3rd Garrison, signed both Dari and English copies, which will also be signed by Col. Ted Donnelly, the Regional Support Command – North commander.

Afghan National Army soldiers from the 209th Corps and members of the End User Monitor Team based at Camp Spann, inspect a barracks complex.
"The ANA who will move here are responsible for pulling security of (Sar-e-Pol) Province and the districts,” said Azem through an interpreter. "We have moved in one platoon of soldiers. The rest will follow when the (dining facility) is complete.”

The contractor defaulted on Phase 1 of the build by failing to complete the Dining Facility. The DFAC building has been rebid and accepted by a different contractor who is scheduled to complete the project by September. The completion date for Phase 2 is still to be decided.