U.S. Pacific Fleet
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OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 15, 2023) U.S. Navy Builder 2nd Class Vaunh Pham Pol (left), and Builder 2nd Class Jewelsabrina Ignacio (right), both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, cut wood shoring during a Mount-Out Exercise (MOX) On Camp Shields Feb. 15. NMCB-5 conducted the MOX to simulate deploying an airfield construction company within the U.S Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. 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)
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OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 15, 2023) U.S. Navy Builder 2nd Class Vaunh Pham Pol (left), and Builder 2nd Class Jewelsabrina Ignacio (right), both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, cut wood shoring during a Mount-Out Exercise (MOX) On Camp Shields Feb. 15. NMCB-5 conducted the MOX to simulate deploying an airfield construction company within the U.S Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. 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)