Images: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 Constructs River Barrier in Western Iraq [Image 10 of 10]
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth Robinson
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Soldiers assigned to the Army's 341st Multi Role Bridge Company use MK2 Combat Support (bridge) boats and float rafts (42E) to transport an excavator needed by the Seabees to the other side of the Euphrates river. The Army assisted the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 in a joint service small craft incursion barrier project located on the Euphrates River near the city of Husaybah in Western Iraq. The Seabees of NMCB 27, also known as the 'Skibees", homeported in Brunswick Maine are deployed to Iraq and other areas in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The tasking of the Seabees is to conduct Marine Expeditionary Forces directed construction projects for Marines and other units operating in al-Anbar province.
Date Taken:01.20.2009
Date Posted:01.20.2009 16:59
Photo ID:145980
VIRIN:081111-N-#####-005
Location:HUSAYBAH, IQ
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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 builds constructs river barrier in Western Iraq
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