DIEGO GARCIA (Feb. 17, 2017) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Andrew Wade, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, mags the curb on the sidewalk to put on a finishing layer. NMCB 5 is the forward deployed Western Pacific NMCB ready to support Major Combat Operations and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Operations and to provide general engineering and civil support to Navy, Marine Corps and joint operational forces. Homeported out of Port Hueneme, Calif., NMCB 5 has 14 detachment sites deployed throughout the United States and Western Pacific area of operations.

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