America's North Shore Journal

From the blue Euphrates River, the tan bluff looked ominous as the huge shiny blade of the Seabee bulldozer pushed over the edge, shoving the first load of dirt down for the roadway to the new bridge site. Three bulldozers, two excavators, various graders, loaders, and dump trucks helped work the big dig, the largest project Naval Mobile Construction Battalion has worked during their deployment to Iraq, so far. Together with the U.S. Army’s 814th Multi-Role Bridge Company, the Marine Corps’ 3rd Combat Engineering Battalion, Mabey-Johnson Bridge Company and the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources, NMCB 17 worked to complete the 301 meter long Mabey Johnson Float Bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. The completed bridge, in support of Multi National Force-West lines of communication, enables the support of coalition operations in the … Read entire article »