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Airmen deliver clean water to island community

March 31st, 2009
Airmen are on a mission to provide clean drinking water to the residents of Roi-Namur, an island approximately 3,900 kilometers southwest of Hawaii. 

Three Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron from Kadena Air Base along with three Airmen from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, are at the second largest and northernmost island within the Kwajalein Atoll to help with the water supply after it became contaminated.

"Recent tidal wave conditions flooded the island and contaminated the lens wells here," said Tech. Sgt. Matthew Mattes, an 18th CES utilities systems journeyman and team leader.
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