011227-N-2383B-512 Navy Seebees operate in Kandahar, Afganistan

Kandahar, Afganistan (Dec. 27, 2001) -- At the U.S. Marine Corps base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, senior chief equipment operator John Lemmond operates a front-end loader and piles rocks onto a dump truck. U.S. Navy seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Batallion One Three Three (NMCB 133) have been providing support to all coalition forces including airstrip and airport runway repairs and building construction. U.S. Navy sailors and marines are deployed here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.