Airman 1st Class Michael Sternberg, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and construction equipment operator "Dirt boy" from Panhandle, Texas, uses a front-end loader to dispose of wood in a skip prior to its removal off-base March 21, 2013, at RAF Mildenhall, England. Front-end loaders are multipurpose machines that are used for excavation, fork-lift operations and general construction.