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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marvin Lopez shovels dirt during a bridge construction project in Haji Hanif Khan, Afghanistan, March 9, 2011. Lopez is a combat engineer assigned to Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The company's engineers and heavy equipment operators have conducted several civil development and military construction projects throughout Afghanistan since they arrived in October.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marvin Lopez shovels dirt during a bridge construction project in Haji Hanif Khan, Afghanistan, March 9, 2011. Lopez is a combat engineer assigned to Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The company's engineers and heavy equipment operators have conducted several civil development and military construction projects throughout Afghanistan since they arrived in October.

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