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AFGHANISTAN: Seabees redeploy from Iraq to build in hostile areas

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More indication that Iraq is the past and Afghanistan is the future for the U.S. military.

Seabees who have been attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Anbar province in Iraq have redeployed to Afghanistan to work with U.S. and NATO troops.

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The Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 from Gulfport, Miss., will build bases for a troop buildup in southern Afghanistan. First order of business: to build a 430-acre forward operating base in Helmand province.

The Seabees, said Lt. Cmdr. James Brown, are ideal for the Afghanistan mission. They know how ‘to not only build but to build in hostile areas.’

-- Tony Perry in San Diego

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