Lance Cpl. Chase Bowman, a combat engineer with Bridge Platoon, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Suffolk, Va., guides an excavator as it moves a 40-foot steel I-beam into place excavator during the construction of a bridge near Combat Outpost Rankel in the district of Garmsir, Helmand province, Jan. 29. The Marines of Bridge Platoon endured a 5-day convoy in order to replace a temporary bridge with a more permanent structure that would increase mobility for Marines operating in the area. Never a Bridge Too Far, Combat Engineers increase mobility in Garmsir 120129-

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Lance Cpl. Chase Bowman, a combat engineer with Bridge Platoon, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Suffolk, Va., guides an excavator as it moves a 40-foot steel I-beam into place excavator during the construction of a bridge near Combat Outpost Rankel in the district of Garmsir, Helmand province, Jan. 29. The Marines of Bridge Platoon endured a 5-day convoy in order to replace a temporary bridge with a more permanent structure that would increase mobility for Marines operating in the area. Never a Bridge Too Far, Combat Engineers increase mobility in Garmsir 120129-M-PH073-372

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