By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class
Jonathan Carmichael, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 Public Affairs
GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- Sailors
assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 were welcomed home by
family and friends Sept. 21 after a successful seven-month deployment to
Afghanistan, which began in February this year.
NMCB 11's personnel arrived in a caravan
of buses at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport sometime before 10
p.m., nearly two weeks after the battalion's advanced party personnel arrived.
Spouses, children, friends, family, and
even some pets were on site to embrace their Seabees. Many displayed signs
welcoming home their Seabee. Many Seabees who arrived home two weeks earlier
came out to show support and welcome home their shipmates.
NMCB-11 was deployed to U.S. Central
Command to conduct general, mobility, survivability engineering operations,
defensive operations, Afghan National Army (ANA) partnering and detachment of
units in combined/joint operations area - Afghanistan in order to enable the
neutralization of the insurgency and support improved governance and stability
operations.
Among the numerous missions, the
battalion conducted were a large-scale road construction project in southern
Helmand province in which they partnered with the ANA, a village stability
platform mission in support of Marine Special Forces, construction of
helicopter landing zones, in partnership with the Italian army, to facilitate
timely medical evacuations, and construction of buildings and facilities for an
ANA recruit training command.
Despite being faced with the dangers of
operating in a combat zone for the length of the deployment, the Seabees of
NMCB-11 are fortunate to have all returned. Thorough training and preparation
in the months leading up to the deployment undoubtedly contributed to the
battalion's success.
Following a brief stand-down period to
allow sailors time to rest, spend time with family, and take care of personal
matters, NMCB-11 will reorganize and begin a homeport period filled with
training and tactical exercises designed to prepare them for the next
deployment and increase their in-rate knowledge and skills.
For more news from Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 11, visit www.navy.mil/local/nmcb11/.
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