There will be about 100 personnel in the squadron, including pilots, systems operators, mission commanders, engineers, admin staff and logistics staff.
The number of buildings destroyed in the fighting is far higher than 200, the figure released last week by the Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, engineers and commanders say.
Twenty years ago, a local commander, Engineer Mahmoud, expanded the network into about 30 caves.
Warren, of the Topographical Engineers, and subsequently the distinguished commander of the Fifth Corps, was shortly afterwards appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the same regiment.
Commanders described this as a "thinning" of forces from less crucial areas and said it would allow engineers and other support personnel to be sent home first.
The commander shares these orders with his subordinate commanders the leaders in charge of infantry, munitions, intelligence, logistics, artillery, air, engineers, and communications.
Why engineers, and why now?
"Technologists, engineers and sound scientists.
Recording engineers and label folk.
But Eisenhauer, the former district engineer and commander with the Army Corps, gave another reason: It's easier.
