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U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17, better known as the "Desert Battalion," board a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft bound for Anbar Province, Iraq, March 19, 2008.

'DESERT' SEABEES

U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17, better known as the "Desert Battalion," board a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft bound for Anbar Province, Iraq, March 19, 2008.

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