U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 14, 2020) - Construction Electrician 2nd Class Deangelo Edwards, from St. Petersburg, Fla., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, checks breakers in Alfa shop. NMCB ONE, homeported in Gulfport, Miss., is part of the Naval Construction Force with personnel assigned worldwide, performing a variety of missions in support of the Navy and the Department of Defense. (U.S. Navy photo by Steelworker 3rd Class Shannon Scoggins)
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (April 7, 2020) – Electronics Technician 1st Class James Merryman, from Rosebud, Texas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, removes completed ear guards from the command’s additive manufacturing printer on Naval Station Rota, Spain, April 7, 2020. The ear guards will be utilized by medical personnel and patients at Naval Hospital Rota. NMCB 1 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 assumed authority of Seabee projects and operations in the U.S. 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation from NMCB 11 during a Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority ceremony at Camp Mitchell on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Feb. 21, 2020.
NMCB 1 Seabees are now located in five combatant command (COCOM) areas of responsibility (AOR): European Command, Africa Command, Central Command, Indo-Pacific Command, and Northern Command. At multiple project sites in these COCOMs, turnover of Seabee projects and civil engineer support equipment was conducted through the Battalion Equipment Evaluation Program.
At the turnover ceremony, Capt. Michael Meno, commanding officer, NMCB 1, thanked NMCB 11...
