"This flag represents the love and prayers of all those who await your safe return. Keep it with you everywhere you go and guard it well. Fly it proudly to display the "CAN DO" spirit of the SEABEES for all to see. Let it be your visible link with loved ones, friends, and supporters back home. It will accompany the SEABEES on their return from serving their country, and the cause of freedom, far from their own homes.

Once back in its homeland, this proud symbol will be donated to the SEABEE Museum and Memorial Park in Davisville,Rhode Island, site of "The Original Home of the SEABEES." There it shall rest from its long journey and serve as fitting tribute to all SEABEES who selflessly served with distinction in "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

This flag is provided courtesy of: "OPERATION SEABEES KNOWLEDGE"

The dedication above was presented to Construction Mechanic Chief Lee Longacre of NMCB-14 prior to reporting for active duty. The deaths of seven NMCB-14 members in Iraq have since made this dedication and the flag that accompanies our SEABEE shipmates in Iraq an even more powerful symbol and tribute than was originally anticipated.

"Stormin."

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