Golden, Colo. native, Spc. Kyle Taaffe (right), a heavy equipment operator for the 489th Engineer Battalion, attached to the 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, teaches Maj. Gen. Darrell K. Williams, commander, 1st Theater Sustainment Command how to operate a hydraulic excavator during a Feb. 17 visit to a deconstruction site at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp, 82nd SB-CMRE Public Affairs)