Cmdr. Michael L. Sapienza, Commanding Officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, delivers remarks at the Relief-in-Place Transfer-of-Authority (RIPTOA) ceremony from NMCB 3 to NMCB 4 on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, July 08, 2025. NMCB 3 was relieved of Naval Construction Force Operations in the Indo-Pacific by NMCB 4. RIPTOA is the official conclusion of NMCB 4’s deployment in the Indo-Pacific. NMCB 4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB 4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Dakota Rayburn)
Date Taken: | 07.07.2025 |
Date Posted: | 09.04.2025 22:45 |
Photo ID: | 9221482 |
VIRIN: | 250707-N-BR551-1026 |
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Location: | CAMP SHIELDS, OKINAWA, JP |
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