Seabees Construct Crow's Nests for Combat Outposts

Photo By Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole Harmon | Four crow's nests constructed by Charlie Company personnel of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 are loaded on flatbed semis in the staging area at Camp RJ aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, to be delivered and placed by Alfa Company crew members at outlying bases in Al Anbar province, Iraq, June 15.  

AL ASAD, IRAQ

08.28.2009

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole Harmon 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 recently completed the construction and delivery of a dozen armored tactical crow's nests for Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts throughout the Al Anbar province.

The project required more than twenty personnel from Charlie Company to complete. The crow's nests utilized ballistic glass and steel plating to ensure the protection of the service members manning them.

Each structure was built in the pre-fabrication yard at Camp RJ, aboard Al Asad Air Base. Once the buildings were finished, Alfa Company personnel and the Convoy Security Element teams delivered the finished products to their final destinations.

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 24 is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. It is a reserve unit, with home detachments located in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and West Virginia. NMCB 24 began its second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the spring of 2009. Currently, it is headquartered at Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar province, Iraq.

• Date Taken: 08.28.2009
• Date Posted: 08.28.2009 07:11
• Story ID: 38048
• Location: AL ASAD, IQ