030426-N-1050K-051 Camp Patriot, Kuwait (Apr. 26, 2003) - Following 18 days of construction, the Navy's Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS (M)) stands completed at Camp Patriot. ELCAS (M) is an expeditionary pier used to bridge the surf zone, providing an interface between cargo vessels and the beach. Constructed by the Navy Seabees from both coastlines. This 1,400-foot pier is being used to support Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS), and the backload of what will be thousands of cargo containers holding military supplies and equipment returning home from Operation Iraqi
030426-N-1050K-051 Camp Patriot, Kuwait (Apr. 26, 2003) - Following 18 days of construction, the Navy's Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS (M)) stands completed at Camp Patriot. ELCAS (M) is an expeditionary pier used to bridge the surf zone, providing an interface between cargo vessels and the beach. Constructed by the Navy Seabees from both coastlines. This 1,400-foot pier is being used to support Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS), and the backload of what will be thousands of cargo containers holding military supplies and equipment returning home from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Amphibious Construction Battalions, (ACB), ACB-1 homeported in Coronado, Calif., and ACB-2, homeported in Little Creek, Va, constructed ELCAS (M) in a joint effort. Camp Patriot is currently home to the only Amphibious Seabees in the United States Navy specializing in coastal construction and ship to shore throughput. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Joseph Krypel. (RELEASED) US Navy 030426-N-1050K-051 Following 18 days of construction, the Navy's Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS (M)) stands completed at Camp Patriot
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