C000417

Round shaped, gold colored coin, 1-13/16 inches in diameter.

SIDE 1 - An outline map of Iraq in Iraqi Flag colors with the "Fighting Seabee" logo on the red field and the white numeral "28" on the black; superimposed on a US Flag field with "O.I.F. 2007" to the right of the Iraq map and Seabee work emblems below; surrounded by a gold rope border; further surrounded by a dark blue band with the unit designation above and "THE OLD PROS" below; further surrounded by a gold bevel cut border.

SIDE 2

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28 (NMCB-28) "The Old Pros"

NMCB 28 was a component of the Naval Construction Force (NCF), and provided construction and maintenance support to United States Marine Corps (USMC), Naval Forces and other military units. Its mission was to provide disaster control effort, provide forces for Civic Action support; provide military and amphibious assault construction support; and provide subsequent combat service support ashore and defense against overt or clandestine enemy attacks directed toward personnel, camps, and facilities under construction.

NMCB 28 deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom returned in October 2008. As the result of budget cutting efforts across the Department of Defense, the Navy decommissioned Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 28 at the conclusion of fiscal year 2014.