U.S. Navy Seabee, Chief Builder (SCW) Michael Ludwig,

U.S. Navy Seabee, Chief Builder (SCW) Michael Ludwig, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Five (NMCB 25), Task Force Ultimus, works at attaching a rope stage sling with a swivel hook and screw pin anchor shackle to a concrete jersey barrier as part of a force protection mission to assist the Afghan National Security Forces on Aug. 31, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In a project identified by U.S. Central Command, the Seabees worked to increase the stand-off distance between vehicles and personnel using the concrete barriers. NMCB 25, part of the U.S. Navy Reserves recently relocated from Fort McCoy, Wis. to Port Hueneme, Calif. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Leslie Reed/Released).