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U.S. Marines with the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), use a forklift during a bridge construction mission in Helmand province’s Sangin district, Afghanistan, Dec. 9, 2010.

U.S. Marines with the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), use a forklift during a bridge construction mission in Helmand province’s Sangin district, Afghanistan, Dec. 9, 2010.

U.S. Marines with the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), use a forklift during a bridge construction mission in Helmand province’s Sangin district, Afghanistan, Dec. 9, 2010.

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