US soldiers just showed Russia how a competent army performs a bridge crossing

Can't help but celebrate the Russian Army failures...
glad to read our folks did it right...The difficulty of a water crossing is why U.S. Army bridge crewmembers, divers and U.S. Marines spent a day practicing the task earlier this week at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Washington. Unlike the Russian attempt at Siverskyi Donets, this one went great: the team managed to deploy a bridge across a 360-foot lake, which is longer than a football field, in 12 minutes and 54 seconds, beating their goal of 13 minutes.

Russian soldiers are treated like slaves, instead of individuals MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.

Good article but comparing a bridging operation on a lake to a fast water crossing of a river with currents that can be 5-6 mph is a little like comparing apples to oranges. Spent 2 years as communications officer of a combat engineer Bn at fort carson we could bridge the lake in under 10 minutes. Did our annual fast water training in Arkansas on a tributary of Mississippi with current speeds from 2.5-8 mph doesn't sound fast but remember the weight of water moving at any speed. Great share though thanks MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D..