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Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWENTY-FIVE
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Friday, 16 December 2011 02:54
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15 Inch 2 5 NCR 300x225 Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWENTY FIVE

“Clubs and Spades”

Created for the immediate requirements of the Naval Construction Force, the Naval Mobile Construction Batallion Two-Five mission is to provide and maintain a trained, ready, and immediately available organized reserve capable of quick response.

NMCB-Two Five was commissioned in September 1942 (then called the 25th Naval Construction Battalion), at Camp Bradford, VA, the same year in which the Seabees were established. The first Seabees in this battalion underwent training at Camp Allen, VA. Shortly after its commissioning and initial training, the battalion moved to Port Hueneme, CA and again to Camp Elliott, San Diego, CA where it attached to the 3rd Battalion, Nineteenth Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and Fleet Marine Force.

The battalion served under the command of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, during the World War II. Several major contributions include building a hospital at Samoa, building and airfield at Guadalcanal, building roads and bridges at Bouganvillein and helped recapture the island of Guam from Japanese invasion. NMCB-25 is the only unit with the distinction of serving under the Army, Navy and Marine Corps.

The battalion moved back to the United States in June 1945. Falling under the control of the 27th Naval Construction Regiment of the 5th Naval Construction Brigade, it was detached from the Marine Corps. Having followed the preceding events, the battalion was deactivated the following November.

Though the battalion remained inactive in quite a few years, it was reborn in Daisville in October, 1961 and is now part of the twelve Naval Mobile Construction Battalions in the Naval Reserve.

Throughout the years, NMCB- Two Five bagged various awards and distinctions. The battalion was selected as the Pacific’s Fleet’s Best of Type Reserve Nval Construction Battalion for fiscal years 1996 and 1998. It was also presented the Admiral Perry Award in FY 96 for being chosen as the best Seabee Construction Battalion of both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.

Source: (www.history.navy.mil)

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Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTEEN
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 02:54
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15 Inch 15th NCR 300x225 Featured Product of the Day: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FIFTEEN “Bat Out of Hell”

The 15th Naval Construction Battalion, also called as NMCB – 15, was commissioned on July 20, 1942 at Camp Allen, Virginia. The group was part of the island-hopping campaign of American forces in the Pacific during WWII.

NMCB-15’s primary mission is to provide rapid contingency construction support for operational forces during regional contingencies, large or small. During World War II, the battalion served with distinction and honors, building advance base camps and airfields throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations. They cleared bleachers, built air strips, and established logistical installations on several significant islands.

Today, major tasks include support disaster recovery and humanitarian operations, foreign or domestic, when directed.

NMCB-15 is one of the 20 Naval Mobile Construction Battalions located throughout the NINTH Naval Construction Regiment in Ft. Worth, TX, to the FIRST Naval Construction Division, Little Creek. Personnel from ten detachments in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota make up NMCB-15.

Legend has it that a Marine commander in the Pacific praised the battalion’s hard work by observing that the Seabees were “going like a bat out of hell.” The remark soon became NMCB-15’s motto. The bat logo, on the other hand, is believed that the child of a unit member drew the first prototype. Some said it was developed after war.

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Featured Product of the Day: Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 02:17
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Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot 300x248 Featured Product of the Day: Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot“A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.” – President Theodore Roosevelt

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the Navy’s senior flag officer. It is a statutory office held by a four-star admiral in the United States Navy and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating forces of the Navy and of the Secretary’s designated Navy shore activities.

The CNO stands as military adviser and deputy to the Secretary of the Navy. A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal adviser to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of naval warfare. The Chief of Naval Operations is considered as the highest ranking officer on active-duty in the U.S. Navy.

The President appoints the CNO, confirmed via majority vote by the Senate. Qualifications include significant experience in joint duty assignments, which covers at least one full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment as a flag officer. In rare circumstances, the President may waive such requirements if the officer is proven to be necessary for national interest.

Before the position of CNO, the Aide for Naval Operations first served the naval function. The post was established by Act of Congress in 1915 with Admiral William S. Benson as the first Chief of Naval Operations.

From 1923, the CNO lived at Number One Observatory Circle on the grounds of United States Naval Observatory. This arrangement continued until 1974, when Congress made it the official residence of the Vice President.

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