Army National Guard Spc. Chad D. Guinn, a heavy equipment operator with Headquarters Support Company, 120th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, checks for obstructions behind his bulldozer, while clearing trees at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, on July 6, 2004. Guinn, along with a crew of 20 other National Guardsmen have spent the last three weeks clearing fields and trees as well as leveling dilapidated, unused buildings, in order to improve visibility for soldiers of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, 34th Infantry Brigade, who protect the camp. The battalion arrived in Iraq in late February and is currently headquartered at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, where it provides engineering support to the Marine Corps' 1st Force Service Support Group. Guinn, 32, is from Webbers Falls, Okla. The battalion is based in Okmulgee, Okla. The company has detachments in Okmulgee, Muskogee and Eufaula, Okla.
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