Golden, Colo., native, Spc. Kyle Taaffe, a heavy equipment operator attached to the 489th Engineer Battalion, uses a hydraulic excavator to load debris from a deconstruction site onto a dump truck Feb. 26 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp, 82nd SB-CMRE Public Affairs)