Dili, Timor-Leste, local Salvador “Ricky” Dos Santos, right, helps U.S. Navy Seabee Steelworker 3rd Class Calvin Johnson, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3’s Timor-Leste Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) place a support beam at a local Dili school. Ricky has volunteered his time each day for the past four years in exchange for on-the-job skills training provided by Seabees from more than three different battalions as they have rotated through the country during deployments. Seabees from NCMB 3 are deployed to Timor-Leste to execute engineering civic assistance projects, conduct formal training with the host nation and perform community relations events to help enhance shared capabilities and improve the country’s social welfare. One of the first battalions commissioned during World War II, NMCB 3’s legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as either a full battalion or as a group of autonomous detachments, simultaneously completing critical engineering and construction missions. For this deployment, NMCB 3 has split into nine details to perform critical construction projects in remote island areas such as Timor-Leste, Tonga, Cambodia and the Philippines. The teams will also conduct operations in Atsugi, Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan; Chinhae, Republic of Korea and China Lake, Calif. The Naval Construction Force is a vital component of the U.S. Maritime Strategy. They provide deployable battalions capable of providing disaster preparation and recovery support, humanitarian assistance and combat operations support. NMCB 3 provides combatant commanders and Navy component commanders with combat-ready warfighters capable of general engineering, construction and limited combat engineering across the full range of military operations. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Fahey, NMCB 3 Public Affairs Lead/RELEASED.)
| Date Taken: | 10.25.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 10.26.2013 10:07 |
| Photo ID: | 1040979 |
| VIRIN: | 131025-N-VN372-006 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 462.72 KB |
| Location: | TL |
| Hometown: | DILI, TL |
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