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An Afghan construction worker works on the walls for a housing unit at Forward Operating Base Lightning. Four combat engineers assigned to Task Force Phoenix Engineering Company in Kabul were in Gardez mentoring and assisting Afghan masons in September. Photo by Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr., USMC

An Afghan construction worker works on the walls for a housing unit at Forward Operating Base Lightning. Four combat engineers assigned to Task Force Phoenix Engineering Company in Kabul were in Gardez mentoring and assisting Afghan masons in September. Photo by Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr., USMC

An Afghan construction worker works on the walls for a housing unit at Forward Operating Base Lightning. Four combat engineers assigned to Task Force Phoenix Engineering Company in Kabul were in Gardez mentoring and assisting Afghan masons in September. Photo by Staff Sgt. Luis P. Valdespino Jr., USMC

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