
Seabees Around The World: May 11, 2018
By ggranger, / Published May 11, 2018
Port Hueneme, California
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U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 2nd Class Thomas Dahlke, a Seabee with Construction Diving Detachment Charlie (CDDC), Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT 2), conducts pile driving operations utilizing the MOVAX vibratory hammer under instruction from the manufacturer technical representative in Port Hueneme, CA on April 18, 2018. UCT 2 is enhancing the Naval Construction Force's port damage repair capabilities within the Naval Construction Force. UCT 2 provides responsive inshore and underwater construction capabilities needed to construct, inspect, repair, and maintain ocean facilities as well as underwater systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Mechanic 1st Class John Monahan)

U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 2nd Class Thomas Dahlke, a Seabee with Construction Diving Detachment Charlie (CDDC), Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT 2), conducts pile driving operations utilizing the MOVAX vibratory hammer under instruction from the manufacturer technical representative in Port Hueneme, CA on April 18, 2018. UCT 2 is enhancing the Naval Construction Force's port damage repair capabilities within the Naval Construction Force. UCT 2 provides responsive inshore and underwater construction capabilities needed to construct, inspect, repair, and maintain ocean facilities as well as underwater systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Mechanic 1st Class John Monahan)
Guam
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180411-N-PR344-0010 UNITED STATES NAVAL MAGAZINE, Guam (April 11th, 2018) Steelworker Constructionman Tucker Naugle, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, verifies the spacing of reinforcing steel on the Explosives Ordinance Disposal, (EOD) Vehicle Storage Project. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 2nd Class Dominic Galassi)

180419-N-PR344-0027 UNITED STATES NAVAL MAGAZINE, Guam (April 19th, 2018) Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, move wooden formwork for installation on the Explosives Ordinance Disposal, (EOD) Vehicle Storage Project. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 2nd Class Dominic Galassi)

180501-N-IQ513-0017 CAMP COVINGTON, Guam (May 1st, 2018) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Timothy Tittel, left, Utilitiesman 2nd Class John Hurley, and Utilitiesman 3rd Class Alexander Alejandrogarcia, right, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, determine the center of balance of an Environmental Control Unit during a 48 hour mount-out exercise. NMCB 11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Binh Le)

180501-N-IQ513-0048 CAMP COVINGTON, Guam (May 1st, 2018) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Lorisha Reece, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, pressure washes the blade of a bulldozer during a 48 hour mount-out exercise. NMCB 11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Binh Le)

180501-N-IQ513-0032 CAMP COVINGTON, Guam (May 1st, 2018) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Ricardo Richard, left, and Equipment Operator Constructionman Gage Vanatta, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, inventory collateral equipment for Civil Engineering Support Equipment during a 48 hour mount-out exercise. NMCB 11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Binh Le)

180426-N-IQ513-0005 CAMP COVINGTON, Guam (April 26th, 2018) Steelworker 3rd Class Arturo Castro, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, dismantles a rebar stand into transportable pieces using an oxygen & acetylene torch. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Binh Le)

180425-N-PR344-0099 UNITED STATES NAVAL MAGAZINE, Guam (April 25th, 2018) Builder 3rd Class Jade Haney, foreground, and Steelworker Constructionman Tucker Nagle, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, erect formwork for a concrete wall placement. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 2nd Class Dominic Galassi)

180424-N-XK413-0017 POLARIS POINT, Guam (April 24th, 2018) Utilitiesman Constructionman Thomas Nagle, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, verifies the correct installation of roof concrete formwork. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations (U.S. Navy photo by Utilitiesman 2nd Class John Hurley)

180421-N-IQ513-0003 CAMP COVINGTON, Guam (April 21st , 2018) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Mao Xiong, left, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Fritz Batiduan assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Detachment Guam, work together to secure a front end loader bucket to a pallet. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Binh Le)
Gulfport, Mississippi
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GULFPORT, Miss. (April 26, 2018) – The top five fund raisers nominated throughout the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) tenant commands wash the Seabee in front of the entire base on the NCBC Gulfport main grinder during the 2018 Active Duty Fund Drive Annual Bee Wash in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. This event marks the end of the drive that helps to bring in monetary donations so the NMCRS can contine to provide support to service members in need. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Rosalie Chang/Released)

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GULFPORT, Miss. (May 9, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 don chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) suits during a CBR training drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. NMCB-133 is training to familiarize Seabees with CBR gear in preparation for an upcoming deployment readiness certification. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell/Released)

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GULFPORT, Miss. (May 9, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 perform buddy checks during a CBR training drill at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport. NMCB-133 is training to familiarize Seabees with CBR gear in preparation for an upcoming deployment readiness certification. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell/Released)
Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines
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U.S. Navy Builder 1st Class Fabian Flores with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 and Philippine Navy sailors with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion take measurements on a piece of wood during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, Apr. 30, 2018.Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott P. Smolinski)

U.S. Navy Construction Electrician 1st Class Darwin Garza with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 and Philippine Navy sailors with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion cut a piece of wood during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, Apr. 30, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18.. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott P. Smolinski)

A Philippine Navy sailor with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion cuts a piece of wood during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, Apr. 30, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott P. Smolinski)

A Philippine Navy sailor with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion mixes concrete during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, May 6, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)

U.S. Navy Builder 3rd Class David Hamlin, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and a Philippine Navy sailor with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion construct parts of a roof during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, May 6, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)

Builder 1st Class Fabian Flores, right, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and a Philippine Navy sailor with 3rd Naval Combat Engineering Battalion cut a piece of wood during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, May 7, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)

Sailors attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 measure and saw wood during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, May 7, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)

U.S.Navy Builder 3rd Class Stephanie Swatts, attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 hammers metal stakes into the ground during Exercise Balikatan at Luga Elementary School, Santa Teresita, Cagayan, Philippines, May 7, 2018. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kryzentia Richards)
Lombok, Indonesia
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180506-N-OU129-030 LOMBOK, Indonesia (May 6, 2018) Builder 2nd Class Joseph Schaefer mixes concrete alongside counterparts from the Indonesian Military at an engineering project in Lombok Island, Indonesia during Multinational Exercise Komodo May 6. Multinational Exercise Komodo brings together navies from across the world to rehearse scenarios focused on collaborative solutions to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and maritime domain awareness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton/Released)
Norfolk, Virginia
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Norfolk, Va. (May 7, 2018) Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center's (ECRC) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Xavier Kellyman from Tamarac, Fl., checks in a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18. ECRC provides processing, equipping, training, certification and proactive family support to ADSW Sailors, Individual Augmentees and provisional units throughout all deployment phases in support of combatant commanders requirements, contingency operations, or national crises. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James C. Brown/Released)

Norfolk, Va. (May 7, 2018) Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center's (ECRC) Processing team checks in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18 Sailors as they prepare to mobilize. ECRC provides processing, equipping, training, certification and proactive family support to ADSW Sailors, Individual Augmentees and provisional units throughout all deployment phases in support of combatant commanders requirements, contingency operations, or national crises. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James C. Brown/Released)
Carlson, Marshall Islands
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180427-N-DE561-0006 CARLSON, Marshall Islands (April 27th, 2018) Builder 3rd Class Briana Garcia Cuevas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail Marshall Islands, carries lumber to the project site to be used as support for a water catchment system. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Builder Constructionman Jessika Corwin)

180427-N-DE561-0007 CARLSON, Marshall Islands (April 27th, 2018) Builder Constructionman Stephen Cheshire, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail Marshall Islands, drills a 2” x 4” kicker to a 4” x 4” post that provides structural support for the water catchment’s corrugated roof. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Builder Constructionman Jessika Corwin)

180428-N-DE561-0004 CARLSON, Marshall Islands (April 28th, 2018) Builder 3rd Class Briana Garcia Cuevas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail Marshall Islands, uses a hole saw to install water spigots for the water tanks. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Builder Constructionman Jessika Corwin)

180428-N-MS236-0012 CARLSON, Marshall Islands (April 28th, 2018) Builder Constructionman Jessika Corwin, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail Marshall Islands, primes the 6” PVC pipe to glue unions for the plumbing system. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 2nd Class Joshua Zapien)

180428-N-MS236-0070 CARLSON, Marshall Islands (April 28th, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail Marshall Islands take a group photo after the water catchment project is completed. NMCB-11 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian and foreign assistance, and theater security cooperation in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 2nd Class Joshua Zapien)