An Afghan man uses a heavy equipment excavator to clean out a canal, as seen by Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5) while on patrol, in Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Nov. 4, 2009. 1/5 is one of the combat elements of Regimental Combat Team 7, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan. ( Marine Corps photo by Corporal Artur Shvartsberg/Released) Hitachi EX 200 excavator in Nawa district, Afghanistan

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