From Mud to Mission Ready: Alabama Guard Unit Turns Murky Water into Liquid Gold

Four Soldiers stand outside holding a blue hose that pulls water from a lake into a holding tank

250528-A-JP950-5825.JPG Photo By: Sgt. 1st Class Katherine Dowd

GRENADA, Miss. - Sgt. Garrett Watkins, water treatment specialist with the 1208th Quartermaster Company, guides the raw water intake hose into the raw water bag as they set up a Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) during annual training at Camp McCain, Miss. on May 28, 2025.

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