
Kindergarten Project: NMCB 1
By ggranger, / Published July 19, 2017
Story by MC1 Brannon Deugan
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Deployed Seabees construct a kindergarten facility on the island of Ebeye, Republic of the Marshall Islands, July 13.
Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 broke ground for the three classroom kindergarten facility in March to improve the island s educational facilities.
The project assists in building grass root relationships with the Marshallese people, said Lt. j.g. Brent Frazer, Det. officer-in-charge. It also provides better infrastructure through the use of the Seabees on the island of Ebeye. The schoolhouse will provide the teachers and children the abilities and facilities to further educate their community.
The 19 member crew began the project with site excavation in preparation for the placement of walls and column footers. The crew then prefabricated, erected and stripped all the formwork for wall footers, column footers, columns, an overhead roof beam and three concrete pads.
The construction of the kindergarten for the Marshallese people aids in maintaining the mutual partnership between the U.S. and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Building the school building helps maintain relations with the Marshallese as well as show them gratitude for allowing us to continue using their islands, said Builder Constructionman Emma McCarthy, from Springville, New York. Not only are we building a school facility, but a future for the upcoming Marshallese generations.
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KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Republic of the Marshall Islands (July 8, 2017) Builder 3rd Class Grant Norris, from Rockwall, Texas, lifts a bucket of concrete to place into the roof beam formwork during the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 three classroom kindergarten facility project on the island of Ebeye, Republic of the Marshall Islands, July 8, 2017. NMCB 1 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, special operations combat service support, and theater security cooperation in support of U.S. Pacific Command (U.S. Navy photo by Builder 3rd Class Shyann Waters/Released)