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 27^th Naval Construction Regiment of the 5^th 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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“Bat Out of Hell”

The 15^th 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: Connecticut Police and Fire Union

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Monday, 12 December 2011 05:11
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“In Unity there is Strength”

The Connecticut Police and Fire Union (CPFU) is a labor agency that represents approximately 950 police, fire and public safety personnel throughout the state of Connecticut. It is unique in a way that its coalition includes both firefighters (IAFF Local S-15) and law enforcement (IUPA Local 74) personnel. In fact, its members represent in excess of 50 job titles in Connecticut state service, encompassing more than 13 State agencies. CPFU is affiliated with the International Union of Police Associations, International Association of Fire Fighters, State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition (SEBAC), Connecticut AFL-CIO and the Greater Hartford Labor Council.

CPFU’s police officers, firefighters and regulatory personnel protective and serve: Connecticut state universities and colleges; State airports, including Bradley International and Groton New London; our state highways. They are responsible for testing everyone from the pleasure car driver to the driver of every tractor trailer and school bus. In addition, motor vehicle inspectors operate the commercial vehicle safety unit conducting spot checks of commercial vehicles, and patrolling state highways in search of commercial vehicles operating with unsafe conditions.

Source: (www.globalsecurity.org)

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