DIEGO GARCIA (Nov. 17, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Pannoh, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, welds baseplates onto structural support to be used in the construction of a Gas Storage Facility the Seabees are building on Diego Garcia. NMCB 5 is the forward deployed Western Pacific NMCB ready to support Major Combat Operations, Humanitarian Assistance and 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 12 detachment sites deployed


DIEGO GARCIA (Nov. 17, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Pannoh, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, welds baseplates onto structural support to be used in the construction of a Gas Storage Facility the Seabees are building on Diego Garcia. NMCB 5 is the forward deployed Western Pacific NMCB ready to support Major Combat Operations, Humanitarian Assistance and 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 12 detachment sites deployed throughout the United States and Western Pacific area of operations.


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