Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3
Active15 March 1942–present
CountryUnited States
BranchUSN
Part of1st Naval Construction Group
HomeportPort Hueneme California
EngagementsOperation Flintlock
Operation Catchpole
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
CDR Travis Brinkman

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE (NMCB 3) is a United States Navy Seabee that was one of the three original Construction Battalions authorized to be formed in 1942. In May 1942 Naval Construction Battalion 3 deployed to the Territory of Hawaii and designated Brigade Headquarters Battalion for the Hawaiian Area NCF. After seeing service in the south Pacific,the battalion was decommissioned mid-1944. In 1950 the battalion was reactivated and today is home-ported at Port Hueneme, California.[1]

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