BEECAM: Rear Admiral Gregory Visits ELCAS Build Site

By MC2 Taylor Mohr, PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs

Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of Civil Engineers, receives information about the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) from Equipment Operator 1st Class William Walker, a Seabee assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 1, during an Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) build exercise aboard JEB Little Creek, Aug. 24.  ELCAS is a modular 3,000-foot pier system that can be rapidly constructed anywhere port facilities are needed for logistics over the shore (LOTS) operations.  (Photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Taylor Mohr/150824-N-IM663-013)

Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of Civil Engineers, speaks to Steelworker 2nd Class Brent Cook, a Seabee assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 2, during her visit to the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) build exercise aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Aug. 24.  ELCAS is a modular 3,000-foot pier system that can be rapidly constructed anywhere port facilities are needed for logistics over the shore (LOTS) operations.  (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor Mohr/150824-N-IM663-006)

Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of Civil Engineers, talks ELCAS-build tactics with Steelworker 2nd Class Brent Cook, a Seabee assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (PHIBCB) 2, during her visit to the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) build exercise aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Aug. 24.  ELCAS is a modular 3,000-foot pier system that can be rapidly constructed anywhere port facilities are needed for logistics over the shore (LOTS) operations.  (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor Mohr/150824-N-IM663-006)

Read how Seabee divers prepared for the ELCAS build on Seabee Online at http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2015/07/28/diver-bees-and-gator-bees-work-together-in-support-of-elcas/.