U.S. Marine soldiers carry marker pegs as the survey a dirt road leading to the 103rd Army Brigade in Tabiawan village on Basilan island, southern Philippines on Thursday April 25, 2002. U.S. Marine engineers and Navy Seabees are now deployed at different project sites around Basilan as they prepare to build roads, helicopter landing pads, dig wells and prepare an airstrip to enhance a counter-terrorism campaign aimed at helping local troops wipe out the Muslim extremist group, Abu Sayyaf. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)