Photo By Petty Officer 3rd Class Kylie Jagiello | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) Service members from the U.S. Marine,...... read more read more
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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) A lesser known part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises is that it gives partner nations an opportunity to share construction skills by working together on multiple project sites at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Members of U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 22, U.S. Marine Wing Support Squadron 174 and Republic of Korea Naval Mobile Construction Squadron 59 united their various skill-sets to work as one on sites around base.
Projects ranged from constructing a perimeter fence to allow for secure storage in support of training and embarkation staging, to laying a concrete sidewalk connecting a heavily trafficked road to a carpark and baseball field.
Despite having language and cultural differences, U.S. Marine Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Ayodesi Ibitoye felt there weren’t any true barriers to everyone working together and that it went smoothly.
“Working together with people from different parts of the world, if you have a common goal, you are able to achieve it. “The Koreans have been easy to work with, even with communication difficulties. They certainly have the Seabee attitude. Every time we've encountered struggles, they’ve held on to their commitment,” he said.
First Naval Construction Regiment Project Operations Chief, Chief Steelworker Bernard Barbuto said the tasks were beneficial for all the nations participating.
“Everyone came together and were able to share skills and techniques,” Barbuto said. “We're talking concrete flat work, earthwork, excavation backfill and compaction, fabrication of forms utilizing wood materials and concrete masonry unit block walls.".
Other projects included demolishing and replacing a beach boardwalk and building an 8-foot-high block wall around a generator to help protect it from saltwater air.
Working on the boardwalk project, Republic of Korea Sergeant First Class Seong Ju Yun liked how everybody had a chance to share their ideas.
“Decisions were not decided by one person, everybody could take part,” said Yun. “Everyone communicated as one and appreciated there might be different methods."
Naval Construction Battalions and their Sailors, better known as Navy Seabees, are a critical part of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force that build and protect completed and ongoing projects. This includes construction and repair of roads, bridges, expeditionary medical facilities, and logistics bases.
Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29- Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
| Date Taken: | 07.15.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.21.2022 23:05 |
| Story ID: | 425336 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII, US |
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