Air Force Staff. Sgt. John Nearwood, assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Group, compacts soil in trenches during runway repair operations at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct. 8, 2016. The roller compacts dirt before concrete can be poured into trenches and creators that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant destroyed the runway to prevent Coalition forces from gaining control of the area. A Coalition of regional and international nations have joined together to enable Iraqi forces to counter ISIL, reestablish Iraq’s borders and re-take lost terrain there by restoring r

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Air Force Staff. Sgt. John Nearwood, assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Group, compacts soil in trenches during runway repair operations at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct. 8, 2016. The roller compacts dirt before concrete can be poured into trenches and creators that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant destroyed the runway to prevent Coalition forces from gaining control of the area. A Coalition of regional and international nations have joined together to enable Iraqi forces to counter ISIL, reestablish Iraq’s borders and re-take lost terrain there by restoring regional stability and security. ( Army photo by Spc. Christopher Brecht)

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