OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 24, 2024) – A U.S. Marine with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, loads a concrete machine during a bilateral airfield damage repair (ADR) exercise on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2024. The purpose of the ADR was to improve interoperability, readiness, and lethality between Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Armed Forces. NMCB-5 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-5 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Luke Cunningham)
OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 24, 2024) – A U.S. Marine with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, loads a concrete machine during a bilateral airfield damage repair (ADR) exercise on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2024. The purpose of the ADR was to improve interoperability, readiness, and lethality between Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Armed Forces. NMCB-5 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-5 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Luke Cunningham)
OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 24, 2024) – A U.S. Marine with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, loads a concrete machine during a bilateral airfield damage repair (ADR) exercise on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 24, 2024. The purpose of the ADR was to improve interoperability, readiness, and lethality between Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Armed Forces. NMCB-5 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-5 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Luke Cunningham)
OKINAWA, Japan – Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 held a Change of Command ceremony onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan, May 19.
During the ceremony, Capt. Andrew Olsen, NMCB-5’s outgoing commanding officer, relinquished command to his successor Cmdr. John Pergerson.
Throughout his speech, Olsen reminisced about his time in NMCB-5 and gave praise to the members of his former battalion.
“I am so incredibly proud of our NMCB-5 family and your amazing accomplishments,” said Olsen. “I am eternally grateful for our time together and for having had the opportunity to lead the finest Seabee battalion in the U.S. Navy.”
The ceremony marked Pergerson’s first address to the battalion as a whole. During his...
