Friday Gallery: NMCB 3 Pacific Deployment 2017

By ggranger, / Published Aug. 25, 2017

Photos byMC1 Michael Gomez, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Public Affairs A total of 31 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Seabees attended the four-day Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) courseat Camp Gonsalves in Okinawa, Japanto sustain the battalions overall readiness as the Pacific Regions primary forward-deployed construction battalion. The JWTC endurance course tests the Seabees will, stamina and the ability to work together as a team. [caption id="attachment_14750" align="alignnone" width="618"]

170815-N-YG415-062 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 15, 2017) Equipment Operator 1st Class Emmiee Gutierrez from Montpelier, Idaho, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, prepares to rappel down a 63-foot training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) at Okinawa’s Camp Gonsalves. A total of 31 NMCB-3 Seabees attended the four-day JWTC course to sustain the battalion’s overall readiness as the Pacific Region’s primary forward-deployed construction battalion. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Gomez/Released)

Equipment Operator 1st Class Emmiee Gutierrez from Montpelier, Idaho, prepares to rappel down a 63-foot training wall. [caption id="attachment_14751" align="alignnone" width="618"]

170815-N-YG415-063 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 15, 2017) A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, rappels down a 63-foot training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) at Okinawa’s Camp Gonsalves. A total of 31 NMCB-3 Seabees attended the four-day JWTC course to sustain the battalion’s overall readiness as the Pacific Region’s primary forward-deployed construction battalion. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Gomez/Released)

A Seabee rappels down a 63-foot training wall. [caption id="attachment_14752" align="alignnone" width="618"]

170815-N-YG415-064 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 15, 2017) Ensign Taylor Burton from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, rappels down a 63-foot training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) at Okinawa’s Camp Gonsalves. A total of 31 NMCB-3 Seabees attended the four-day JWTC course to sustain the battalion’s overall readiness as the Pacific Region’s primary forward-deployed construction battalion. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Gomez/Released)

Ensign Taylor Burton from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., rappels down a 63-foot training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center. [caption id="attachment_14753" align="alignnone" width="618"]

170815-N-YG415-065 OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 15, 2017) Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Chase Spann, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, perform a “hasty” rappel down a training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) at Okinawa’s Camp Gonsalves. A total of 31 NMCB-3 Seabees attended the four-day JWTC course to sustain the battalion’s overall readiness as the Pacific Region’s primary forward-deployed construction battalion. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Gomez/Released)

Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Chase Spann, perform a hasty rappel down a training wall. [caption id="attachment_14754" align="alignnone" width="618"]

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Construction Mechanic Constructionman Kathryn Magieracashen from Oak Hill, Calif., monkey crawls across a line over a river as part of one of the 31 obstacles that make up the endurance course. [caption id="attachment_14755" align="alignnone" width="618"]

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Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, from Denver, traverses through a mud-filled trench. [caption id="attachment_14756" align="alignnone" width="618"]

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Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, traverses through a mud-filled trench. [caption id="attachment_14757" align="alignnone" width="618"]

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Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 work together to exit a mud-filled trench during a jungle warfare training evolution.