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U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 exit an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after arriving at a forward operating base in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Jan. 25, 2009. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 is deployed to Afghanistan to provide contingency construction support to alliance forces supporting NATO International Security Assistance Forces.

U.S. Navy Seabees exit an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 exit an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft after arriving at a forward operating base in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Jan. 25, 2009. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 is deployed to Afghanistan to provide contingency construction support to alliance forces supporting NATO International Security Assistance Forces.

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