030327-N-0728B-053 Southern Iraq (Mar. 26, 2003) -- Engineering Aide 1st Class Larry S. Lautar from Kettering, Ohio, assigned to Construction Battalion Unit 402 homeported in Key West, Fla., surveys the Iraqi desert to shoot the center line for the construction of Fleet Hospital Three. The establishment of FH-3, the Navy's first Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) 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


030327-N-0728B-053 Southern Iraq (Mar. 26, 2003) -- Engineering Aide 1st Class Larry S. Lautar from Kettering, Ohio, assigned to Construction Battalion Unit 402 homeported in Key West, Fla., surveys the Iraqi desert to shoot the center line for the construction of Fleet Hospital Three. The establishment of FH-3, the Navy's first Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) 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 030327-N-0728B-053 Navy Seabee builds hospital facilities in Iraq


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