Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) use a front loader to construct an earth dam to contain water being pumped from a bomb crater on the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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