US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste hold multinational ribbon-cutting ceremony [Image 1 of 2]

EAST TIMOR

12.20.2021

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kacie Joslin 

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5

211210-N-RP125-1002 BAUCAU, Timor-Leste (Dec. 10, 2021) Thomas Daley, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affairs, speaks to U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, the Falintil-Forcas Defensa Timor Leste, and other ministry of education personnel at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste. NMCB-5 is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific, strengthening their alliances and partnerships, and providing general engineering and civil support to joint operational forces. Homeported out of Port Hueneme, California, NMCB-5 has 13 detail sites deployed throughout the U.S. and Indo-Pacific area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Builder 3rd Class Kacie Joslin)

• Date Taken: 12.20.2021
• Date Posted: 01.04.2022 18:32
• Photo ID: 7001623
• VIRIN: 211210-N-RP125-1002
• Resolution: 4416x2944
• Size: 5.93 MB
• Location: TL