■"Rebuilding What the Assault Turns to Rubble: Seabees, Other Units Began Planning Early for the Reconstruction of Fallujah," by Jackie Spinner, Washington Post, 10 November 2004, p. A20.
We went into Fallujah with several thousand Marines and Army personnel, but also with $90 million in planned reconstruction efforts.
This Seabee says it all:
"A lot of trigger-pullers and pilots, they can do just about anything with their weapons," said Merola, 38, a reservist with the 7th Naval Construction Regiment, based in Newport, R.I. "But you don't want to give people a piece of flat earth to start over with when you're done."
Well said, Commander, well said.
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