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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Ishum pulls out the winch line for a mechanic screed at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2006. Ishum is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, homeported in Gulfport, Miss. The sailors are repairing a runway at Al Taqaddum Air Base.

RUNWAY REPAIR

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Ishum pulls out the winch line for a mechanic screed at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 26, 2006. Ishum is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, homeported in Gulfport, Miss. The sailors are repairing a runway at Al Taqaddum Air Base.

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