Keywords: 130922-N-TD630-001 (10020899005).jpg Naval Mobile Construction Battalion NMCB 3's Utilitiesman 1st Class Fasil Gebremedhin performs a monkey crawl across more than 60-feet of line during a six-hour endurance course at the Marine Corps' Jungle Warfare Training Center JWTC More than 60 NMCB 3 Seabees attended the eight-day JWTC course The training helped sustain the battalion's overall readiness as the Pacific region's primary forward-deployed construction battalion prepared to provide conventional combat counter-insurgency and irregular warfare capabilities One of the first battalions commissioned during World War II NMCB 3's legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as either a full battalion or as a group of autonomous detachments simultaneously completing critical engineering and construction missions For this deployment NMCB 3 has split into nine details to perform critical construction projects in remote island areas such as Timor-Leste Tonga Cambodia and the Philippines The teams will also conduct operations in Atsugi Yokosuka and Okinawa Japan; Chinhae Republic of Korea and China Lake Calif The Naval Construction Force is a vital component of the U S Maritime Strategy They provide deployable battalions capable of providing disaster preparation and recovery support humanitarian assistance and combat operations support U S Navy photo by Builder Constructionman Laine Pulfer/RELEASED https //www flickr com/photos/39955793 N07/10020899005/ 130922-N-TD630-001 2013-09-22 08 38 https //www flickr com/people/39955793 N07 U S Department of Defense Current Photos PD-USGov U S Department of Defense Current Photos https //flickr com/photos/39955793 N07/10020899005 2016-09-03 08 10 51 United States Government Work Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 United States Navy Seabees |