U.S. Navy Seabees build medical facilities in Iraq.

Southern Iraq (Mar. 26, 2003) After a sand storm that lengthened the five-hour trip from Kuwait to Iraq into a 13-hour trip, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Unit 412 from Kings, Bay, Ga., and Fleet Hospital Support Office look at the plans for building Fleet Hospital Three. The establishment of FH-3, the Navy's first Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) to be used 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 Iraqs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Al Bloom. File# 030326-N-0728B-052