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    Marine Engineers Build Maintenance Bay for Iraqi Mechanics [Image 8 of 8]

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    A male worker in military-style camouflage utilities and a yellow hard hat is actively swinging a pickaxe or mattock at a wooden wall structure on a construction site. The arid, rocky terrain and sparse vegetation in the background suggest a desert environment, possibly a forward operating base or military construction project. The worker is equipped with a tool belt, work gloves, sunglasses, and a wristwatch.

    High temperatures don't keep Cpl. Scott Shoptaw from pushing himself as he digs a post hole March 29, 2006, as he and the other Marines of Engineer Company work together to build a three-bay maintenance structure here. Shoptaw, a 20-year-old native of Cabot, Ark., and his fellow engineers of Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 1st Marine Logistics Group, are building the structure for the soldiers of the Iraqi's 8th Motor Transportation Regiment. The 8th MTR is training with a military transition team here to improve its logistics capabilities to become a viable military unit as its country seeks freedom.

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    Date Taken: 03.29.2006
    Date Posted: 05.02.2006 11:11
    Photo ID: 19200
    Resolution: 2336x3504
    Size: 5.33 MB
    Location: IQ

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