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Aug 30, 2008

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Clint W. Runyon, the Combat Camera chief assigned to Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, and Creswell, Ore., native, captured this photo of British soldiers from The Queens Royal Lancers, Viking group racing to provide forward security for a convoy transporting a new turbine being moved 180 kilometers from Kandahar Airfield to the Kajaki Dam in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, Aug. 30. Gunnery Sgt. Runyon and Lance Cpl. Chad J. Pulliam, a COMCAM photographer and Sacramento, Calif., native, accompanied the convoy as it made its historic trek through the Helmand Province to document the entire movement of the turbine from Kandahar to the Kajaki Dam. Photos of the journey were provided to news agencies in the United Kingdom.::r::::n:: “This is the first time that I know of that imagery has been provided from the field directly to news agencies,” Gunnery Sgt. Runyon said. “Our photos were picked up by the British Broadcasting Corporation and Sky News.” ::r::::n:: The operation was spearheaded by elements of the British Army’s 13th Air Assault Regiment and supported by U.S., Canadian, Danish and Afghan National Army forces. During the operation, which was conducted between Aug. 27 and Sept. 5, British forces delivered the third turbine to the dam. The turbines aid in providing hydro-electric power to Sangin, Musa Qaleh, Kandahar and Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand.::r::::n:: The new turbine is capable of producing 18.5 megawatts of economically viable, renewable energy, which will be in addition to the dam’s current 16.5MW output. ::r::::n::

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