During the passage of Hurricane Maria, many bridges in Dominica were either destroyed or washed away, leaving many communities isolated.
This hampered relief efforts in the wake of the category 5 hurricane.
The bridge, that connects Wotten Waven and Trafalgar, was not spared and it collapsed during the hurricane.
The Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) DART’s Combat Engineers were tasked to construct a Mabey-Johnson Bridge to connect the two villages.
They did the job in four days.
The JDF was among regional forces that came to Dominica to assist after Maria.
See photos below.
All photos by Corporal Darren Beckles of the Jamaica Defense Force.
good job men.. We see you
Well we give them our women they give us bridge ib four days win win
Looooooool! All you Dominicans have a jokes in all you bottom too wii.
Every military, police and defense force needs an engineering branch. Military is not only to destroy and defend but to build. The majority of technological advancements in the world come from military, the internet included.
Thank you Jamaica. One people, one region
Very encouraging. A good example of genuine military SERVICE. Thank you, and kudos for Caribbean collaboration!
They built it in 4 days is excellent , some thifting contractors in dca would take years. So good good colleges bless
thats a passive aggressive comment… if you giving a compliment give a compliment.
We are happy to have the Jamaicans build a bridge so long as we do no have to pay them. If a contract was awarded to a Jamaican company to do the same thing, there would be all kinds of words being thrown out about why the contract was not awarded to local company.
Perhaps the local companies should team up with the Jamaicans to help rebuild the country.
Did you read and understand the piece?
Impressive Caribbean unity. 1 Caribbean
4 days ? come to the british army training center in blackwater surrey we will show you how to build that same bridge in a few hours . get some royal engineers out there to show you how it is done . an LSB (mabey johnson m200 which os what that bridge is not a BAILEY BRICGE ) should be done at a rate of 50m per day under combat conditions. so that brdge should have been done in alot less time . just a pitty the british army was not asked to send any of us to dca. anyway congrats keep up the good work. a few more of those needed
You jealous man? It still go up. Well pay your own ticket and come and do it in a few hours.
i guess kermit the forg only read part of the statement i made
By right you brits should rebuild all of DA without we asking. Just like how you all slaved us without we asking.
But you have to admit that the British Army’s RE’S carry out a lot of practice and competitions relating to the construction of these bridges, to the point where they may be able to carry out this operation blindfolded. (Royal Engineer Minus Experience)
well blackwater in surrey is for raw recruits that dont know a bridge transom from a high sheer super panel. and they are the ones who are trained up to a graduating standard of 50m per day. in my unit in paderborn germany we were putting up double single and double double bridges in a day and thats 100m bridges using a 20 man team. the bridge in that pic is a single single. and can reliably be done in les than half a day so 4 days means u have a whole battle group behind you waiting to go across your bridge thats men thats gonna get killed when they cross cause you just gave the enemy time to set up and collect forces at your exit point. ( and actually REME stands for Royal Engineers Made Easy )
Excellent thank you for the amazing help and assistance
Putting Dominicans to shame in their own country
@Dominican Passports. What point are you trying to make? They are there to help build the country back. Thanks for their help. What is your contribution? Go help in some way and stop trying to look for faults.
Ignore bitter people, they shall wallow in their bitterness
The point I’m trynna make is Dominica is a waste of time, stop having these men waste their time and return back to their country to use their time productively.