Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dennis Tadlock, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, keeps watch of the camp perimeter from a fighting position at Camp Shelby, Miss., on March 10, 2009. More than 200 Seabees, most new to the battalion, are participating in Operation Winter Talon, a field exercise that will test their combat and contingency construction capabilities in a field environment.

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