RAFM ‘Dirt Boyz’ make CDC entrance safe, secure for pedestrian families, customers

Paul Waites, left, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Equipment and Pavements foreman, Senior Airman Jordan Weir, center, 100th CES Heavy Equipment journeyman, and Airman Hugo Rodriguez, 100th CES Heavy Equipment craftsman, place old paving slabs into the bucket of a digger ready for disposal outside the child development center at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 7, 2023. The heavy equipment and pavements Airmen, otherwise known as the “Dirt Boyz,” put up new fencing, replaced curbs and pathways, and added a concrete mini hardstand for an additional 100th Security Forces Squadron entry control point to provide easier and safer access for those walking across the main road from base to the CDC gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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RAFM ‘Dirt Boyz’ make CDC entrance safe, secure for pedestrian families, customers

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Equipment and Pavements shop, otherwise known as “Dirt Boyz,” transfer old paving slabs, weeds and debris from a digger to a truck outside the child development center at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 7, 2023. The heavy equipment and pavements Airmen, otherwise known as the “Dirt Boyz,” put up new fencing, replaced curbs and pathways, and added a concrete mini hardstand for an additional 100th Security Forces Squadron entry control point to provide easier and safer access for those walking across the main road from base to the CDC gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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The new entry control point for child development center customers from the tri-base area, walking from on base across the street to drop off and pick up their children, sits on a concrete mini hardstand after being built by U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Equipment and Pavements shop, otherwise known as “Dirt Boyz,” at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 7., 2023. The “Dirt Boyz,” also put up new fencing, replaced curbs and pathways in addition to the new ECP, to provide easier and safer access for those walking across the main road from base to the CDC gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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New drop curbs and block paving pathway replace older curbs and pathways outside the child development center at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 7, 2023. As part of a base initiative to increase safety for CDC families, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Equipment and Pavements shop, otherwise known as the “Dirt Boyz,” put up new fencing, replace curbs and added a concrete mini hardstand for an additional 100th Security Forces Squadron entry control point to provide easier and safer access for those walking across the main road from base to the CDC gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Isaiah Torres, left, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Heavy Equipment and Pavements craftsman, and Paul Waites, 100th CES Heavy Equipment and Pavements foreman, rake soil to remove remaining weeds and stones after removing paving slabs next to the new pedestrian entry control point at the child development center at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 7, 2023. As part of a base initiative to make the entrance area safer and more secure for CDC customers within the tri-base area, the heavy equipment and pavements Airmen, otherwise known as the “Dirt Boyz,” put up new fencing, replaced curbs and pathways, and added a concrete mini hardstand for an additional 100th Security Forces Squadron entry control point to provide easier and safer access for those walking across the main road from base to the CDC gate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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RAFM ‘Dirt Boyz’ make CDC entrance safe, secure for pedestrian families, customers

Published Sept. 12, 2023
By Karen Abeyasekere
100th Air Refueling wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England --

As part of an initiative to increase safety for families walking to the child development center from base, the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron “Dirt Boyz” built fences, replaced curbs and poured a concrete mini hardstand for a new entry control point hut for 100th Security Forces Squadron Defenders.