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India-Pakistan
Anchors aweigh: Seabees leave Pakistan
2005-12-17
The 140 US Sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 Friday returned to their homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi, after completing their relief operation in the destroyed capital of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir. NMCB 74 is returning after successfully completing their seven-week humanitarian mission in Pakistan. They are being replaced by NMCB 4, a contingent of 40 Seabees from Port Hueneme, California.

At the request of the Pakistani government, NMCB 74 deployed on October 27, 2005, to provide additional engineering and construction capability in the city of Muzaffarabad. During the past seven weeks, they have assisted in reconstruction projects around the city to include removing more than 32,539 cubic yards of debris equal to 1,627 dump truck loads from seven school sites. Additionally, the Seabees built community centers, housing shelters, field kitchens, sanitation facilities, four new school structures and assisted the Pakistan Military and local homeowners in rebuilding 40 shelters.
Posted by:Seafarious

#5  You're right. Who better than the 'bees. Still a lot of family has been dispersed/evacuated from the area.
Posted by: Susi SPemble1217   2005-12-17 15:44  

#4  
There goes Justin Raimondo's sailor fantasy, right down the drain. Just when he thought he could hitch a ride to Paki-wacie-land, the Seabees pull up stakes.

Don't worry though, he's got a new product line out just in time for the Holidays:

Justin's Unique Boxer Shorts
Posted by: Floating Stone   2005-12-17 15:08  

#3  where's that dry ironic Spemble humor? I'd rather the Seabees do their fine work at home in Gulfport, TYVM
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-17 10:58  

#2  Not to be snarky, they're builders, just what's needed in Gulfport area right now.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2005-12-17 08:23  

#1  Sadly, not much to come home to. :<
Posted by: Suspi SPemble 1217   2005-12-17 08:15  

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