A U.S. Soldier assigned as an engineer takes apart electrical components to help deconstruct a building Feb. 18, 2014, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Soldiers with the 1223rd Engineer Company, South Carolina Army National Guard and the 955th Engineer Company deconstructed more than 1,000 structures for closure and transfer during their deployment. U.S. and international forces in 2013 began the process of drawing down assets in Afghanistan ahead of the eventual transition to handing over Afghan security to Afghan forces.