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Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, engineers from the Marine Corps, Australian Defense Force and the local Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FTDL) conducted a brief during the beginning phase of a joint exercise in which the three militaries will work together to build a new latrine facility, kitchen, playground, chain link fence and basketball court for a local East Timor school. One of the first battalions commissioned during World War II, NMCB 3's legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as either a full battalion or as a group of autonomous detachments, simultaneously completing critical engineering and construction missions. For this deployment, NMCB 3 has split into nine details to perform critical construction projects in remote island areas such as Timor-Leste, Tonga, Cambodia and the Philippines. The teams will also conduct operations in Atsugi, Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan, Chinhae, Republic of Korea and China Lake, Calif. The naval construction force is a vital component of the U.S. maritime strategy. They provide deployable battalions capable of providing disaster preparation and recovery support, humanitarian assistance and combat operations support. NMCB 3 provides combatant commanders and Navy component commanders with combat-ready warfighters capable of general engineering, construction and limited combat engineering across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Constructionman Nathan Carrasco/RELEASED)
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 10.02.2013 06:29 |
| Photo ID: | 1029378 |
| VIRIN: | 130930-N-GU966-031 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 756.48 KB |
| Location: | JP |
| Web Views: | 13 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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