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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alan Broussard embarked aboard USNS Comfort cuts bricks that will be used for a foundation wall at a school during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project in La Tavesia, Ecuador, May 17, 2011. Broussard is a construction mechanic assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alan Broussard embarked aboard USNS Comfort cuts bricks that will be used for a foundation wall at a school during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project in La Tavesia, Ecuador, May 17, 2011. Broussard is a construction mechanic assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alan Broussard embarked aboard USNS Comfort cuts bricks that will be used for a foundation wall at a school during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project in La Tavesia, Ecuador, May 17, 2011. Broussard is a construction mechanic assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28.

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