200312-N-SB659-1001 TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (March 12, 2020) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Scott Valente, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Tinian, operates a dozer to prepare for future projects on the island of Tinian. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Constructionman William Conzo/Released)
200312-N-SB659-1001 TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (March 12, 2020) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Scott Valente, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Tinian, operates a dozer to prepare for future projects on the island of Tinian. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Constructionman William Conzo/Released)
U.S. Navy Seabees deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Detail Timor-Leste hosted Brigadier Rory S. Copinger-Symes, U.K. Royal Marines, deputy J4, theater security cooperation, Feb. 22.
Copinger-Symes payed a visit to the two-room schoolhouse project in support of the National Institute of Health, where the Seabees of NMCB-5 have been constructing a school and head facility.
The facility will give students a place to do research and enhance overall operations of the institute, as well as improve the grassroots relations that the U.S. service members have with the local community.
Upon arrival to the project site, Copinger-Symes, Major Pablo Valerin, U.S. Army chief for the Office of Defense...
