Then 1st Lt. Colter Bahlau, platoon commander for 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and currently the company commander for Company C, 2nd CEB, Regimental Combat Team 8, was named the 2008 Combat Engineer Officer of the Year by the Marine Corps Engineer Association. Bahlau, humbled by his award, gives all of the credit to the Marines he led during his tour in Operation Enduring Freedom. - Then 1st Lt. Colter Bahlau, platoon commander for 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and currently the company commander for Company C, 2nd CEB, Regimental Combat Team 8, was named the 2008 Combat Engineer Officer of the Year by the Marine Corps Engineer Association. Bahlau, humbled by his award, gives all of the credit to the Marines he led during his tour in Operation Enduring Freedom.