Equipment Operator Third Class Steve Tefft operates

Equipment Operator Third Class Steve Tefft operates a excavator during the construction of a bioswale, Monday, April 16, 2012, in the City Park of New Orleans. Tefft is from Cedar Springs, Mich., and attached to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 1 in Gulfport, Miss. The War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration in New Orleans is part of a series of city visits by the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Operation Sail beginning in April 2012 and concluding in 2015. New Orleans is the first and the last city visit in the series.