Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Carmichael | Cmdr. Steven J. Stasick is ceremoniously piped ashore during a Change of Command...... read more read more
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GULFPORT, Miss. – In a warm, sunlit ceremony held on the morning of June 21, 2013, on Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 received its newest commanding officer.
Cmdr. Steven J. Stasick, previously Public Works Officer of Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, relieved Cmdr. Lore Aguayo whose next assignment is in Jacksonville, Fla., as the operations officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast.
Stasick addressed the battalion and guests immediately after assuming command.
"When I got the call from Rear Admiral Mossey that I was selected to take command of NMCB-11 I was excited and humbled at being provided such an amazing opportunity. There is no doubt in my mind that NMCB 11 is an exceptional battalion."
Military members were ceremoniously wearing full-dress-white uniforms with the battalion formed in ranks facing the guests and participants.
Guest speaker, Capt. Darius Banaji, Commander of Naval Construction Group 2, awarded Aguayo the Meritorious Service Medal for leading NMCB-11 through numerous successful evolutions over the two-year course of her command that resulted in multiple unit awards including the Battle “E” Award, Peltier Award, and Meritorious Unit Commendation.
“The last two years have flown by, and I am now concluding the best tour anybody could ask for in the Navy - leading the brave men and women of NMCB ELEVEN,” asserted Aguayo in her farewell address.
Originally commissioned in June of 1942 and twice recommissioned since, NMCB-11 has built and fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan in addition to a multitude of humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions throughout the world; most recently supporting the hardest hit areas of the northeast United States immediately following Hurricane Sandy.
NMCB-11 is a Seabee battalion specializing in contingency construction, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance. The Battalion is home-ported in Gulfport, Miss.
| Date Taken: | 06.21.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 06.25.2013 16:05 |
| Story ID: | 109239 |
| Location: | GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, US |
| Hometown: | GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, US |
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