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U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 load their sea bags onto a truck at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, Calif., on April 6, 2008. The Seabees are departing on a six-month deployment to Iraq.

U.S. Navy Seabees load their sea bags onto a truck.

U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 load their sea bags onto a truck at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, Calif., on April 6, 2008. The Seabees are departing on a six-month deployment to Iraq.

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