Brig. Gen. J.A. Kessler, commanding general, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Fwd); Brig. Gen. Timothy C. Hanifen, Commanding General 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd); and Capt. Hans Probst, Commander, 30th Naval Construction Regiment (Fwd) address Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 and Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272. The occasion marked the official opening of a newly renovated runway at the Al Taqaddum airfield. Work on the Al Taqaddum airfield spanned nearly two years and the deployment of four naval construction regiments and five naval mobile construction battalions. Thirtieth NCR (Fwd) is part of nearly 1,200 Sailors and Marines supporting critical construction efforts in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, providing responsive military construction support to U.S. military and coalition operations.
| Date Taken: | 01.08.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.21.2011 17:32 |
| Photo ID: | 74093 |
| VIRIN: | 080108-N-4217K-344 |
| Resolution: | 2896x1608 |
| Size: | 361.29 KB |
| Location: | TAQADDUM, IQ |
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