191211-N-XK887-0668 DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Dec. 11, 2019) Steelworker 2nd Class Elizabeth Auten, from Lumberton, North Carolina, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 Detail Diego Garcia, uses a magnesium float to smooth out the surface of a concrete pad for the foundation for a tension fabric structure in support of the U.S. Air Force. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Victor Obando/Released)