BELLE CHASSE, La. (Feb. 14, 2024) Builder 3rd Class Collin Morgan, from Cincinnati, left, and Builder 2nd Class Tyler Hunt from Tucson, Ariz., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, use a screed to level and smooth concrete during an Airfield Damage Repair training evolution during Operation Turning Point onboard Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Belle Chasse, La., Feb. 14, 2024. Operation Turning Point is a field training exercise conducted by Naval Construction Group (NCG) TWO that places a battalion in a simulated hostile environment in order to test the full range of their expeditionary construction skills. (U.S. Navy photo by Construction Electrician 3rd class Jarrett Wallace)
Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 participated in a Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training course in California to prepare for an upcoming exercise. The Seabees passed a cold water immersion evolution to understand the effects extreme cold has on the body and how to fight through it.
NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE NEW ORLEANS, La.– Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 Airfield Construction Company (ACC) 1 and Engineers from the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Civil Engineering Squadron (ANG 159CES), partnered together during Operation Turning Point, to conduct expeditionary rapid airfield damage repair (ExR-ADR) in an effort to bolster branch interoperability aboard Naval Air Station Join Reserve Base (NASJRB) New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 10-16 Feb., 2024.
Operation Turning Point is an exercise designed to test and evaluate a U.S. Navy Mobile Construction Battalion in a simulated Distributed Maritime Operations environment and communications degraded environment. The...