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Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault - U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez, a Seabee with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, secures equipment in the bed of a truck after a drilling job at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 22, 2024. The Seabees of MCAS Iwakuni are able to complete a variety of construction tasks, from installing furniture to repairing the airfield. Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez is a native of Puerto Rico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Seabees Can Do: NMCB-3 builds up MCAS Iwakuni - U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detachment Iwakuni build a trash enclosure at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19, 2019. NMCB-3 Detachment Iwakuni is deployed from their base in Port Hueneme California. The Seabees deployed to Iwakuni in order to build 27 garbage enclosure structures that protect solid waste containers from wind and wildlife while maintaining a neat appearance to garbage collection areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Lance Cpl. Adam Bailey (Left), Lance Cpl. David Waldbillig, both combat engineers, and Petty Officer 3rd Class William M. Svoboda, project manager, dig excess concrete and dirt away from the foundation of the new concrete wall at the Hornet’s Nest here Sept. 4. Excess dirt that makes its way into the concrete slab will create weak points because as the dirt slowly deteriorates, holes are left where the concrete needs to be making the whole wall weaker. - Lance Cpl. Adam Bailey (Left), Lance Cpl. David Waldbillig, both combat engineers, and Petty Officer 3rd Class William M. Svoboda, project manager, dig excess concrete and dirt away from the foundation of the new concrete wall at the Hornet’s Nest here Sept. 4. Excess dirt that makes its way into the concrete slab will create weak points because as the dirt slowly deteriorates, holes are left where the concrete needs to be making the whole wall weaker.

Seabee Seaman Anthony West, construction electronic construction man and station locksmith, fixes the lock to a safe at the station air terminal here Feb. 25. 22-year-old West is the youngest Seabee aboard the air station. - Seabee Seaman Anthony West, construction electronic construction man and station locksmith, fixes the lock to a safe at the station air terminal here Feb. 25. 22-year-old West is the youngest Seabee aboard the air station.