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.
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Equipment Operator 1st Class Emmiee Gutierrez from Montpelier, Idaho, prepares to rappel down a 63-foot training wall.
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A Seabee rappels down a 63-foot training wall.
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Ensign Taylor Burton from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., rappels down a 63-foot training wall at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center.
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Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Chase Spann, perform a hasty rappel down a training wall.
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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.
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Builder Constructionman Ishmael Apatiga, from Denver, traverses through a mud-filled trench.
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Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, traverses through a mud-filled trench.
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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.