Airman First Class Derick Kvam of the 148th Civil Engineer

Airman First Class Derick Kvam of the 148th Civil Engineer Squadron of out Duluth, Minn. secures waterlines for kitchen appliances during a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project in Karlovac, Croatia on June 13, 2016. The project is made possible by the US European Command in partnership with the US Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia and the Minnesota National Guard. Kvam along with other members of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th and 133rd Civil Support Squadrons, the Minnesota Army National Guards 851st Vertical Engineer Company and the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company are working side-by-side to repair and renovate parts of a primary school and should be done in less than a month.