CAMP KRUTKE, Afghanistan - Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, also known as Task Force Anchor, celebrated the holidays and the midpoint of their deployment with a party hosted by the battalion's Morale, Welfare, and Recreation division Dec. 23.
Kicking off the festivities was a bench press competition and company Olympics, followed by the judging for best decorated office and best gingerbread house.
Lunch was sandwiched between, Santa's arrival with his command element, Mrs. Claus and an elf, and his gift giving and awards.
Santa was played by Lt. Cmdr. Craig Clutts, the battalion's executive officer, Mrs. Claus by Yeoman First Class Patricia Clemons, and the elf by Master Chief Construction Utilitiesman Clinton George.
Following remarks from Commanding Officer Cmdr. Nicolas Yamodis, Santa passed out gifts to random Sailors, before calling forth from his bag of presents an awards binder with a gift for one lucky Seabee.
Yamodis then promoted Equipment Operator Third Class Kareshia McGriff to Petty Officer Second Class through the command advancement program.
Surprised and clearly emotional, McGriff could only utter one word. "Awesome," she whispered.
Chief Warrant Officer Sidney Hunt was then presented with his Seabee Combat Warfare Officer insignia.
The crowd then broke to congratulate McGriff and Hunt, and enjoy some holiday food, music and conversation. The command then regrouped for the competition awards presentations, calling the winners from the different events forward to receive plaques and various other gifts.
In the bench press competition, Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Billy Hoy took first place in the 200 pound male class with a combined three-lift total of 1060 pounds; Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Tara Strieby took the150 pound female class with a total of 125 pounds; and Construction Electrician Constructionman Chad Spaulding topped the 150 pound male class with 470 pounds.
In the company Olympics, Headquarters took top honors as Team Suppliers finished the five station course in 17 minutes and 10 seconds. In all, the course consisted of 33 tire flips, 13 sledgehammer tire slams, a 13 yard humvee pull, 33 pull ups, 33 squats, a 33 yard sand bag "spelling bee", an M-9 and M-16 disassembly and assembly, and a litter carry between the stations that totaled 133 yards.
The winner of the office decoration was Gunnery Sergeant Eric Pentek and the armory Gunner’s Mates, who wrapped every item in his office in festive holiday wrapping paper.
Echo Company took the gingerbread house competition with a detailed rendition of Camp Krutke.
With all the festivities complete, the Seabees finished the day of relaxation with individual activities including a bonfire, volleyball and basketball games, and a holiday movie marathon.
NMCB 133 is currently deployed to support engineering operations of Joint Task Force Empire in Afghanistan and the U.S. Central Command area of operations.
| Date Taken: | 12.23.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 12.28.2012 06:18 |
| Story ID: | 99772 |
| Location: | CAMP KRUTKE, AF |
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