SANTA RITA, Guam (Dec. 18, 2018) Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Joshua Young, from Conroe, Texas, assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, signals to the crane operator while offloading ammunition from USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK 3017) to the pier. NCHB 1, Detachment Guam, assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, is the Navy's only active duty cargo handling battalion, and is a rapidly deployable operating unit of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, capable of loading and discharging ships and aircraft in all climatic and threat conditions.

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