Cmdr. John Frank, Commanding Officers Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, salutes as NMCB 4’s guidon is lowered 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: | 9503053 |
| VIRIN: | 260202-N-BR551-1472 |
| Resolution: | 3469x5204 |
| Size: | 3.77 MB |
| Location: | CAMP SHIELDS, OKINAWA, JP |
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