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U.S. EMBASSY PHOTO RELEASE |
August 7, 2009 U.S. Seabees
and Indonesian Marines Build School in Bekasi 
| BEKASI, Indonesia, July 29, 2009 - Indonesian Marine engineers and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 transfer concrete on the site of an engineering civic action program at Pusaka Rakyat Primary School during the first phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2009. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U..S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez/Released). |

| BEKASI, Indonesia, July 29, 2009 - A U.S. Navy Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 and two Indonesian Marine engineers work together on the foundation of a multi-use building under construction at Pusaka Rakyat Primary School during the first phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2009. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez/Released). | |

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BEKASI, Indonesia, July 30, 2009
- Builder 3rd Class Seth Blair, from Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion (NMCB) 40, plays guitar for the amusement of local
children on the site of an engineering civic action program at
Pusaka Rakyat Primary School during the first phase of Cooperation
Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2009. CARAT is a
series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to
strengthen relationships and enhance the operational readiness of
the participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 1st
Class Maria Gonzalez/Released). | |

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BEKASI, Indonesia, July 30, 2009
- Builder 2nd Class Eric George, from Naval Mobile Construction
Battalion (NMCB) 40, uses a trowel to smooth out a concrete building
slab for a new multi-use building at Pusaka Rakyat Primary School
during the first phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training
(CARAT) Indonesia 2009. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises
held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and
enhance the operational readiness of the participating forces. (U.S.
Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez/Released). |
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