Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and NMCB 3 inspect a tricon containing civil engineer support equipment (CESE) as a part of the battalion evaluation equipment program (BEEP) on Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan. The BEEP is the formal turnover of all CESE between two Seabee battalions when turning over a deployment site. After an eight month deployment, NMCB 5 is turning over all of their missions in the U.S. Pacific Command to NMCB 3, both battalions are homeported out of Port Hueneme, Calif. While deployed NMCB 5 was headquartered on Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan and had Seabees deployed to 20 different locations throughout 13 countries in the Pacific. The battalion sent Seabees to participate in five multinational exercise including four Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) sites, two Pacific Partnership 2013 locations, Balikatan in the Philippines, Cobra Gold in the Thailand, and an Association of South East Asian Nations exercise in Brunei. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John P. Curtis/Released)
Date Taken: | 08.09.2013 |
Date Posted: | 08.10.2013 06:12 |
Photo ID: | 992819 |
VIRIN: | 130810-N-SD120-005 |
Resolution: | 2100x1505 |
Size: | 1.15 MB |
Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
Web Views: | 122 |
Downloads: | 11 |
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