210818-N-RP125-1002 DILI, Timor-Leste (August 18, 2021) Builder 3rd Class Ammon Somer, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, measures the center of a board for the formwork of a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste. The Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are constructing the schoolhouse in support of the local Ministry of Education. NMCB-5 is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations, supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific, strengthening a network of allies and partners, and providing general engineering and civil support to joint operational forces. Homeported


210818-N-RP125-1002 DILI, Timor-Leste (August 18, 2021) Builder 3rd Class Ammon Somer, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, measures the center of a board for the formwork of a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste. The Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are constructing the schoolhouse in support of the local Ministry of Education. NMCB-5 is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operations, supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific, strengthening a network of allies and partners, and providing general engineering and civil support to joint operational forces. Homeported out of Port Hueneme, California, NMCB-5 has 10 detail sites deployed throughout the and Indo-Pacific area of operations.


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