After learning how to operate a hydraulic excavator, Maj. Gen. Darrell K. Williams (second from right), commander, 1st Theater Sustainment Brigade, thanks his “instructor” Golden, Colo. native, Spc. Kyle Taaffe (second from left), a heavy equipment operator for the Little Rock, Ark.-based 489th Engineer Battalion, during a visit to a deconstruction site Feb. 16 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp, 82nd SB-CMRE Public Affairs)