Sailors of the Naval Medical Construction Battalion 133, 30th Naval Construction Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, drills holes for dowel rods Feb. 14, 2006 while repairing Camp Taqaddum's aged runway. The unit, spead throughout Iraq, is based in Gulf Port, Miss. The 4,000 servicemembers of 1st Marine Logistics Group, along with NMCB 133, are part of the 25,000 servicemembers of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force's forward deployed element. The 1st MLG'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 Iraqi security force's logistic capabilities in order to enable independent ISF led counter-insurgency operations.