Maj. Gen. David J. Conboy , the commanding general of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, gives a motivating pep-talk to deploying units 304th Engineer Company and 961st Engineer Company, as they waited to board the plane bound for the middle east, May 21 at the Silas L. Copeland Departure/Arrival Air Control Group on East Fort Bliss. (Photo by Amabilia Payen, DoMaD Public Affairs)