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Spring 2008This is an archived article. Facts and links are current as of publication date.
Securing the Environment
U.S. Air Force Sgt. Samuel Bendet
A Soldier from Company D, 2nd Brigade, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, protects Iraqi subcontractors installing a plastic liner on a landfill near Taza, Kirkuk province, Iraq, in December. The Taza landfill became the first in Iraq built to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards. Constructed by international contractors, the landfill went into operation in February.