SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. David Dengate, a pavement and construction equipment operator with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, uses an excavator with a hydro hammer attachment to loosen the ground so it can be removed Aug. 4, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Dengate, a native of Detroit, Mich., is deployed from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)