Kodar Patridar, a contracted Afghan carpenter, assists Peter J. Vasquez, carpenter foreman, Forward Operating Base Geronimo, as he cuts wood to be made into computer desk cubicles at the base Jan. 1. Vasquez and his team have spent the past week creating raised wooden floors for facilities recently wrecked by flooding and wind from a helicopter. Vasquez, 50, is a native of Chicago. Construction begins on new chapel, gym, rec center for Marines in Afghanistan after damage DVIDS236247

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