Western Pacific Deployment 2016
170106-N-WA189-004 OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 6 2016) Builder 2nd Class Mariana Shanchez, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, hammers a nail into a wall while on a project site located on White Beach in Okinawa, Japan. The Seabees are building a bathroom and pavilion for service members stationed aboard White Beach. 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd class Adam Henderson/Released)