Seabees return from Iraq and Afghanistan
Associated Press
Published: March 2, 2009
Updated: April 3, 2009
Published: March 2, 2009
Updated: April 3, 2009
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Friends and family greeted members of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 on their return from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A plane carrying 310 Seabees arrived in Mississippi on Saturday.
A unit spokesman said no casualties occurred among the Gulfport-based Seabees during their battle-zone tour. They were part of 600 Seabees deployed to the Middle East. The remainder are expected to return in mid-March.
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