Capt. James Angerman, left, and Cmdr. John Frank, right, Commanding Officers Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 and 4, respectively, receive reports from each of their battalions’ operations officers during the Relief-in-Place / Transfer-of-Authority (RIPTOA) ceremony from NMCB 4 to NMCB 11 on Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 02, 2026. NMCB 4 was relieved of Naval Construction Force Operations in the Indo-Pacific by NMCB 11. 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: | 02.01.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.02.2026 03:54 |
| Photo ID: | 9503052 |
| VIRIN: | 260202-N-BR551-1463 |
| Resolution: | 4625x3083 |
| Size: | 4.49 MB |
| Location: | CAMP SHIELDS, OKINAWA, JP |
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