Petty Officer 1st Class Pat D. Garrett, builder, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 22, 30th Naval Construction Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, manages the flow of cement Feb 16, 2006, as he and the other sailors of the unit begin pouring Camp Taqaddum's new medical faclity's cement floor. Garrett, the project leader, and the other sailors of the Fort Worth, Texas-based unit will continue to work on the project, expected to take several months, before handing it over to their replacements 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 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 ISF logistical capabilities in order to enable independent ISF led counter-insurgency operations.