Submitted by MCC (SW/AW) Lowell Whitman, 30th NCR Public Affairs, NCG 1
EO3 Cyril Conanan and CM3 Tucker Lowell, NMCB 4, repair a mud pump on a drilling rig during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-023)
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 completed water well training at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., in late summer. The goal of the training is to drill a well at 600 feet in order to produce 45 gallons per minute utilizing three, six-man crews to cover around-the-clock operation. NMCB 4 is homeported in Port Hueneme, Calif., in a training cycle in preparation for a 2016 deployment.
UTCN Robert Douglas, NMCB 4, uses a hammer to loosen a coupling on a mud pump during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-045)
EO1 Kristopher James, NMCB 4, lowers a drill during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-056)
UTCN Robert Douglas, NMCB 4, and EO2 Daanen Grasso, NCG 1, work to tighten a coupling used to hold a strainer during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-069)
UTCN Robert Douglas, NMCB 4, and EO2 Daanen Grasso, NCG 1, work to tighten a coupling used to hold a strainer during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-073)
EO1 Kristopher James, NMCB 4, logs the depth of a drill during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-091)
UT1 Glenn Jackson and UTCN Robert Douglas, both assigned to NMCB 4, communicate steps for water well drilling during training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-101)
Seabees assigned to NMCB 4 drill to find water during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-133)
Seabees assigned to NMCB 4 place a 1,100-pound steel collar to extend a drill during water wellTraining, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-205)
Seabees assigned to NMCB 4 repair a mud pump on a drill rig during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-353)
Seabees assigned to NMCB 4 place an 1,100-pound steel collar to extend a drill during water wellTraining, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-214)
CM3 Tucker Lowell and EO1 Kristopher James, both assigned to NMCB 4, repair a mud pump on a drilling rig during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/150818-HD670-391)