Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty Three (NMCB-133) smooth the surface of newly poured concrete slab, using a screed board and rakes, during repair and improvements for the runway at Al Kut Air Base, Iraq.

Al Kut Air Base, Iraq (Apr. 29, 2003) Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty Three (NMCB-133) smooth the surface of newly poured concrete slab, using a screed board and rakes, during repair and improvements for the runway at Al Kut Air Base, Iraq. NMCB-133 is repairing the runway so that supplies and equipment can be flown into the area in support humanitarian missions. NMCB-133 is in Iraq to support combatant forces with construction support and aid the reconstruction of the local community during Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCBs) provide responsive military construction support to Navy, Marine Corps and other forces in military operations, construct base facilities and conduct defensive operations. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Jacob Johnson. For more information on NMCB units go to: http://www.seabee.navy.mil/ncf.cfm?community=nmcb File# 030429-N-2517J-003