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U.S. Navy Seabees secure trusses on a Southwest Asia hut during a project on forward operating base Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 17, 2009. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and is deployed to Afghanistan supporting the NATO International Security Assistance Force. NMCB-5 is one of the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command warfighting support elements providing host nation construction support and security.

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U.S. Navy Seabees secure trusses on a Southwest Asia hut during a project on forward operating base Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 17, 2009. The Seabees are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and is deployed to Afghanistan supporting the NATO International Security Assistance Force. NMCB-5 is one of the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command warfighting support elements providing host nation construction support and security.

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