030326-N-0728B-052 Southern Iraq (Mar. 26, 2003) -- After a sand storm that lengthened the five-hour trip from Kuwait to Iraq into a 13-hour trip, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Unit 412 from Kings, Bay, Ga., and Fleet Hospital Support Office look at the plans for building Fleet Hospital Three. The establishment of FH-3, the Navy's first Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) to be used in a war zone, adds to the lifesaving capabilities of Navy Medicine in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi
030326-N-0728B-052 Southern Iraq (Mar. 26, 2003) -- After a sand storm that lengthened the five-hour trip from Kuwait to Iraq into a 13-hour trip, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Unit 412 from Kings, Bay, Ga., and Fleet Hospital Support Office look at the plans for building Fleet Hospital Three. The establishment of FH-3, the Navy's first Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) to be used in a war zone, adds to the lifesaving capabilities of Navy Medicine in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate IraqÕs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Al Bloom. (RELEASED) US Navy 030326-N-0728B-052 Navy Seabees build medical facilities in Iraq
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