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Navy Seabees walk toward the Regimental Combat Team 3 Combat Operations Center, May 13, at Camp Leatherneck. The sailors said there will be no down time for them in between projects while in Afghanistan. Photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks

“In my 19 years in the Navy, I have never built a building this big,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Damron, a supervisor for the construction of the 12,000 square-foot structure. “This is the largest wooden structure I’ve ever seen Seabees build.”

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Landon Church, an electrician from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-5, inspects a portion of the Camp Leatherneck Garrison Combat Operations Center, June 2. Since March, the Byron, Mich., native has served as project lead electrician in building the operations centers here. Photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks

Petty Officer 1st Class Garrison Hardisty, project supervisor, said he had no doubt in Church’s ability to adjust to the challenge, and proof of that is the recent completion of the MEB-Afghanistan COC.

“That’s what Seabees do, we make do with what little we have,” Hardisty said.