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U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion place dirt into Hescoe protective barriers using an up-armored excavator on a forward operating base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2009. The construction battlaion is deployed to Afghanistan to provide construction support to forces supporting NATO International Security Assistance Forces.

ARMORED EXCAVATOR

U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion place dirt into Hescoe protective barriers using an up-armored excavator on a forward operating base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2009. The construction battlaion is deployed to Afghanistan to provide construction support to forces supporting NATO International Security Assistance Forces.

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