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Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 22, 30th Naval Construction Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, work on properly laying a cement floor for the new Camp Taqaddum medical facility Feb. 16, 2006. The Fort Worth, Texas-based unit will continue to work on the project, expected to take several months, before handing it over to its replacement for completion. The sailors of NMCB 22, along with the 4,000 servicemembers of 1st Marine Logistics Group, are part of the 25,000 servicemembers of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forceâ??s forward deployed element. The 1st MLGâ??s mission is to provide sustained logistical support to I MEF and Iraqi Security Forces operating in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. First MLG will also support the development of ISF logistical capabilities in order to enable independent ISF led counter-insurgency operations.