CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT Completion Report 76-77 · Battalion O!'
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CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT Completion Report 76-77
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CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT
Completion Report
76-77
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY U 5 NAVAL ~OBILE CONSTRUCtiON BoHl tlON ONE -
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1 7 AUG 1977 Fro~ Commanding Officer U S Naval MObile Contruction
Battalion OltE To Commander Naval Contruction Battalion O S Atlantic
Fleet Naval Amphibious Baa Littla Craek Norfolk Va 23511
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Ref Ca) COMCBPACCOHCBLANTINST 52131 (b) COHCBLANT OPORD 4-76
Encl (1) Unit Location Summary (2) Adminiltrative S~ry (l) Hiltorical Summary (4) Equipment SUJIIIIIary (5) Training SUJIIIIIary (6) Safety Summary (7) LogisticI Summary (8) Labor Diltribution Summary(9) Construction Summary
(10) Lessons Learned
1 EnclolUrel (1) through (10 ) are forwarded in accordance with reference (a) a required in the performanca of raferenee (b) bull
2 In accordance with reference (b) NMCB ONE Hocrip Naval Station Rooevelt Road
July 1976 to 16 April 1977 A lummary of unit Itrength and detail locationl i inCluded in enclosure (1) NHCB ONE wa under the operational control of Commander Naval Conatruction Battalions U S Atlantic Fleet with the primary mibullbull ion of providing contingency construction lupport to O S Atlantic Fleet and other U S Porcea aa required and accompliahshying conatruction tasks as assigned
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- 7 3uly 1916 HLO Advance Party deployed to Camp Holcrip
11 July 1976 Detail Andros Advance Party deployed to Androa laland Bahamas
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16 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Camp MOlcrip Sabana Seca and Guantanamo Bay Cuba (GTMO)
22 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Diego Gareia and Guatemala
29 Jul 1916 Main Body deployed to AndrOI Iland Bahama and Diego Gareia BlOT
30-31 Jul 1976 Hain Body deployed to Camp Moscrip Sabana Seca and GTMO
15 Sep 1976 Detail Guatemala returned to main body and wal dileltablilhed
27 OCt 1916 Detail Vieques established and deployed to Vieques Island
28 Har 1976 Detail Sabana Seca returned to Hain Body and was disestablished
1 Aplt 1971 Advsnce party deployed to homeport
12 Aplt 1971 Detail Vieques returned to Main Body n was disestablished
14 Aplt 1971 Detail Diego Garcia deployed to homeport n was disestablished
15 Aplt 1971 Detail Andros deployed to ho~eport and woo dieltablished
16 Aplt 1977 Detail GTMO deployed to homeport and wa dieltblihed
15-16 Aplt 1977 Hdn Body deployed to homeport
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19-26 Jul 1976 BEEP and Turnover incoming
30 Jul 1916 NMCB ONE relieved NHCB FORTY at Camp MOlcrip U S Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico
4 Aug 1976 Familiarization vhit to Det Andros by CBLANT Atlantic Progra~ Officer LCOR Ringel
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1 Sep 1976
9-11 Sep 1976
10 Sep 1976
13-17 Sep 1976
16 Sep 1976
20 - 21 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
27 - 30 Sep 1976
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5- 6 Oct 1976
5 Oct 1976
5- 15 Oct 1976
C~C O~v11 vilited Oet Andros
CO N~CB O~E CDR Shirley ~nd Operetions Officer (5-3 ) LeOR hl visited Oet Gu~te~ls
Site visit to Det Andros by CO NHCB OSE COR Shirley and Operations Officer (5-3) LeOR Ahl
LT Gr~ham (5-1 ) attended Justice School
CUCM Otersen (MCPOC) and CMl Cupp visited Oet GTMO
RADM Flanagan COMNAVFORCARIB toured camp and project sitea
RNMCB-2l Lakehurst N J as lociate Batt~llon aboard for brief ~nd Ch~nge of Co~nd
COR W A Simmons Jr relieved COR R G Shirley as CO NMCB ONE COMCBLANT attended and visited Camp
LeOR Nobles NMCB ONE Chaplain visited Det Andro
COR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen visited Det GTMO
CAPT P R Brown and COR M H Chiogioji aboard to coordinate Relerve Air Oet deployments
ENS Capron reported aboard
COR Simmons ~nd LeDR Ahl visited Oet Saban Seci
COR Simmons visited Det Androl
ENS Donnelly reported abo~rd
CUCM Oterlen (MCPOC) and NCCS Owens (Career Counselor) visited Det GTMO
The Navy Inspector General RAOM Carmody and party toured the Camp and project sitebullbull
Food Service Kan~gement Team viit from Naval Food Service Office Kayport Florida
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12- 16 Oct 1976
16 - 25 Oct 1976
18 Oct 1976
19 Oc t 1976
28 Oc t 1976
13 Nov-l J Dec
15 Nov 1916
16 No 1976
21-24 No 1916 D 1976
4- 9 Dec 1916
5-10 Dec 1976
6-10 Dec 1916
12 Dec 1976
13-16 Dec 1976
13-17 Dec 1976
14-21 Dec 1916
EOCS Bbullbullbull and CMCS Nelson conducted ti r t Equip~en t Manageme nt Ass istance viit
CUCM Otersen and NCCS OWen visited Det Andr o bull
CDR McCall CBLk~T S- J vis ited Camp MOICrip bull
CO NMCS ONE COR Si mmonbullbullnd S- J NMCB ONE LeOR Ahl vi sited Sabana Seca Det
COR Si mmonl LeOR Ahl CUC Ot e r en vi ited Det GTMO
CHl Cupp sent t o correc t MAV defic i encies a t Oet GTMO
First payday training day Due t o pro j ec t priorities two week standdown t o r training was replaced by having training days on paydaYI
CDR SilarDonl LeDR Ahl visited Sabana Seca I
CDR Simmon visited Det Androbull bull
RAC John J OConner Chiet ot Chaplains visited U S Naval Station Rooevelt Roads Puerto Rico and NMCB ONE
CHC Rola and SUC Ciccarelli Satety and Trainingvilit to Detl Androl and GTMO
CDR Simmons and CUCM Oteren visJted CB~ and SUPERS
LeDR Denon COMCBLAHT Staff held Administrative Management A bullbullitance visit
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Major Hand aboard tor Military Training Manageshyment Assitance viit
Type Cor=anders Annull Supply Inspection conshyducted by CBLANT CDR Stone Senior Inlpector
Mid-Deployment Review by COMCBLANT
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16-18 Dec li76
5 Jan li77
6-10 Jan In7
10 J4 1977
10-15 J4 U77
10-U J4 1977
10-23 Jan 1977
12 Jan 1977
13 Jan U77
20 Jan 1977
24-27 Jan un
25-28 Jan U77
27 Jan 1911
21 Jan-l Feb
30 Jan-S Feb
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LCDR Rinqel CBLAgtT vhilted Oet GT~IO
COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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24-25 Feb 1917
24-28 Feb 1917
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25-26 Feb 1917
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14-16 Mar 1917
16-17 Har 1977
16-18 Mar 1977
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21-24 Mar 1917
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
Loading Exercie with C-141 bull
LeDR Tyler conducted S-2 and Clabullbullified Materia Manaqement Alistance viit
LT Tucker reported aboard
LeOR Smith vhited oat GTMO
Resrv Air Det roUR departed Det GTMO without relief
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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bull Ap 1917 Ribbon Cuttinq Ceremony for BEC project
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7 Ap 1977 COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl viited Det Viequebull
Ap 1977 Camp Moscrip turned over to NMCB FOUR
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OFF ENL LOCATION AROEPART MISSIONTY
NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
Detail Diego Garcia 1 44 NAVCOMKSTA Diego 29JUL76 14APR77 COnltruction in IUPPOlt Garcia ot NCr Cap and Precbullbull t
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Detail Quantnamo 121 MAVSTA Guantanamo JlJUL1616APR71 Contruction of MAVST aay Cuba GTMO Facilitiel bull
DeteU Saban Sec OILS NAVSECGROUPACT 31JUL7628MAR77 Conltruction of Security Sabanll Seell fR Group racilitibullbull
Detail Viequel 021 Cerro Matia 27OCT7612APR77 Conltruction of AFWTF Viequea Island racilitibullbullbull puerto Rico
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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DENTAL
BERTHING M ES SING
MORALE
LEGAL SERVICES
SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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SUPPORT FACILlTIES
The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
AUG SEP OCT OV DEC J FEgt MAR APR m- m- m- IT rnr mshy MEO EVACUATIONS
PSYCHIATRIC - 8 SURGICAL bull 1 DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE - 5
There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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OEgtITAL
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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The rubber drive belt on the high speed vacuum system waa the weak link in equipment Blck up belts should be on hand to keep from having to use the lmall oral surgery vacuum unit Kaintenance on the air compressor is also aportant bull
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B E R T H I ~ r I ~~ E S S 1 -l r
BERTHIr lgtS1r PROVIDrD BY OUALIT PRt)1fInPD BY o tAJlYill
MAIN BODY WCB ONF POO rCB 01 rXfFl
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DETAIL rOOD GUANTANAMO NAVSTA CROlOFn NAVSTA EXrn DETAIL VIEQUES ~CB ONE POOR WrB elN AIR
DETAIL NCF CAMP NCI CAMP DIEGO rARCtA CUMHINS SAT rllV1o(Ulgt SAT
DETAIL LOCAL lNAL GUATE1ALA ECONOMY fXCEL FCflNO)tV IxrfL
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
By February the resultl of hard work on the BEO became apparent bull and became a growing source of pride to all handl The Seabee Birthday a chsnce to paUl and build enthulialm wal a welcome rewpite before the run to the end of the deployment Morale wal soaring al it became evident to all that we would reach our goall The Air Det Embark Exercil gave all hands involved a chance to show in unison how high their spirits were The reeult vas outshystanding
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 113 Mibehavior of Sentinel J
RT III Drunken or Reckl e bullbull Drivinq 2
ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
ART 7B Accebullbullo ry after the fact 2
ART BO Attempt 2
ART 87 Mibullbull in9 Hovament 1 rn ALEncloure (2)
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
S 0 0 1 5 1 1 100 0 0bull gtIT 3 1 426 3 1 2 2 100 1 1
eE 1 11 1 1 2 50 1 2
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EC 0 0 1 4 5 80 5
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TOTAL GROUP VIII 54 14 8 16 62 11 13 846 11
OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
ORANO TOTAL 11 186 11 65 1 18 88 8 11 Chart retlects portions of two Ulcal yer and cannot be compared to FY command percent 90a1l
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
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Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY U 5 NAVAL ~OBILE CONSTRUCtiON BoHl tlON ONE -
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Encl (1) Unit Location Summary (2) Adminiltrative S~ry (l) Hiltorical Summary (4) Equipment SUJIIIIIary (5) Training SUJIIIIIary (6) Safety Summary (7) LogisticI Summary (8) Labor Diltribution Summary(9) Construction Summary
(10) Lessons Learned
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2 In accordance with reference (b) NMCB ONE Hocrip Naval Station Rooevelt Road
July 1976 to 16 April 1977 A lummary of unit Itrength and detail locationl i inCluded in enclosure (1) NHCB ONE wa under the operational control of Commander Naval Conatruction Battalions U S Atlantic Fleet with the primary mibullbull ion of providing contingency construction lupport to O S Atlantic Fleet and other U S Porcea aa required and accompliahshying conatruction tasks as assigned
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- 7 3uly 1916 HLO Advance Party deployed to Camp Holcrip
11 July 1976 Detail Andros Advance Party deployed to Androa laland Bahamas
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16 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Camp MOlcrip Sabana Seca and Guantanamo Bay Cuba (GTMO)
22 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Diego Gareia and Guatemala
29 Jul 1916 Main Body deployed to AndrOI Iland Bahama and Diego Gareia BlOT
30-31 Jul 1976 Hain Body deployed to Camp Moscrip Sabana Seca and GTMO
15 Sep 1976 Detail Guatemala returned to main body and wal dileltablilhed
27 OCt 1916 Detail Vieques established and deployed to Vieques Island
28 Har 1976 Detail Sabana Seca returned to Hain Body and was disestablished
1 Aplt 1971 Advsnce party deployed to homeport
12 Aplt 1971 Detail Vieques returned to Main Body n was disestablished
14 Aplt 1971 Detail Diego Garcia deployed to homeport n was disestablished
15 Aplt 1971 Detail Andros deployed to ho~eport and woo dieltablished
16 Aplt 1977 Detail GTMO deployed to homeport and wa dieltblihed
15-16 Aplt 1977 Hdn Body deployed to homeport
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19-26 Jul 1976 BEEP and Turnover incoming
30 Jul 1916 NMCB ONE relieved NHCB FORTY at Camp MOlcrip U S Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico
4 Aug 1976 Familiarization vhit to Det Andros by CBLANT Atlantic Progra~ Officer LCOR Ringel
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27 Auq-2 Sep
1 Sep 1976
9-11 Sep 1976
10 Sep 1976
13-17 Sep 1976
16 Sep 1976
20 - 21 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
27 - 30 Sep 1976
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5- 6 Oct 1976
5 Oct 1976
5- 15 Oct 1976
C~C O~v11 vilited Oet Andros
CO N~CB O~E CDR Shirley ~nd Operetions Officer (5-3 ) LeOR hl visited Oet Gu~te~ls
Site visit to Det Andros by CO NHCB OSE COR Shirley and Operations Officer (5-3) LeOR Ahl
LT Gr~ham (5-1 ) attended Justice School
CUCM Otersen (MCPOC) and CMl Cupp visited Oet GTMO
RADM Flanagan COMNAVFORCARIB toured camp and project sitea
RNMCB-2l Lakehurst N J as lociate Batt~llon aboard for brief ~nd Ch~nge of Co~nd
COR W A Simmons Jr relieved COR R G Shirley as CO NMCB ONE COMCBLANT attended and visited Camp
LeOR Nobles NMCB ONE Chaplain visited Det Andro
COR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen visited Det GTMO
CAPT P R Brown and COR M H Chiogioji aboard to coordinate Relerve Air Oet deployments
ENS Capron reported aboard
COR Simmons ~nd LeDR Ahl visited Oet Saban Seci
COR Simmons visited Det Androl
ENS Donnelly reported abo~rd
CUCM Oterlen (MCPOC) and NCCS Owens (Career Counselor) visited Det GTMO
The Navy Inspector General RAOM Carmody and party toured the Camp and project sitebullbull
Food Service Kan~gement Team viit from Naval Food Service Office Kayport Florida
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12- 16 Oct 1976
16 - 25 Oct 1976
18 Oct 1976
19 Oc t 1976
28 Oc t 1976
13 Nov-l J Dec
15 Nov 1916
16 No 1976
21-24 No 1916 D 1976
4- 9 Dec 1916
5-10 Dec 1976
6-10 Dec 1916
12 Dec 1976
13-16 Dec 1976
13-17 Dec 1976
14-21 Dec 1916
EOCS Bbullbullbull and CMCS Nelson conducted ti r t Equip~en t Manageme nt Ass istance viit
CUCM Otersen and NCCS OWen visited Det Andr o bull
CDR McCall CBLk~T S- J vis ited Camp MOICrip bull
CO NMCS ONE COR Si mmonbullbullnd S- J NMCB ONE LeOR Ahl vi sited Sabana Seca Det
COR Si mmonl LeOR Ahl CUC Ot e r en vi ited Det GTMO
CHl Cupp sent t o correc t MAV defic i encies a t Oet GTMO
First payday training day Due t o pro j ec t priorities two week standdown t o r training was replaced by having training days on paydaYI
CDR SilarDonl LeDR Ahl visited Sabana Seca I
CDR Simmon visited Det Androbull bull
RAC John J OConner Chiet ot Chaplains visited U S Naval Station Rooevelt Roads Puerto Rico and NMCB ONE
CHC Rola and SUC Ciccarelli Satety and Trainingvilit to Detl Androl and GTMO
CDR Simmons and CUCM Oteren visJted CB~ and SUPERS
LeDR Denon COMCBLAHT Staff held Administrative Management A bullbullitance visit
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Type Cor=anders Annull Supply Inspection conshyducted by CBLANT CDR Stone Senior Inlpector
Mid-Deployment Review by COMCBLANT
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5 Jan li77
6-10 Jan In7
10 J4 1977
10-15 J4 U77
10-U J4 1977
10-23 Jan 1977
12 Jan 1977
13 Jan U77
20 Jan 1977
24-27 Jan un
25-28 Jan U77
27 Jan 1911
21 Jan-l Feb
30 Jan-S Feb
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LCDR Rinqel CBLAgtT vhilted Oet GT~IO
COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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23 Feb 1917
24-25 Feb 1917
24-28 Feb 1917
25 Feb 1917
25-26 Feb 1917
27 Feb-3 Mar
28 Feb 1917
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8 Mar 1917
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16-17 Har 1977
16-18 Mar 1977
17 Mar 1977
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
Loading Exercie with C-141 bull
LeDR Tyler conducted S-2 and Clabullbullified Materia Manaqement Alistance viit
LT Tucker reported aboard
LeOR Smith vhited oat GTMO
Resrv Air Det roUR departed Det GTMO without relief
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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bull Ap 1917 Ribbon Cuttinq Ceremony for BEC project
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7 Ap 1977 COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl viited Det Viequebull
Ap 1977 Camp Moscrip turned over to NMCB FOUR
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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MORALE
LEGAL SERVICES
SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
AUG SEP OCT OV DEC J FEgt MAR APR m- m- m- IT rnr mshy MEO EVACUATIONS
PSYCHIATRIC - 8 SURGICAL bull 1 DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE - 5
There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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ART BO Attempt 2
ART 87 Mibullbull in9 Hovament 1 rn ALEncloure (2)
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
AUG 76 - APR 17
FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
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The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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16 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Camp MOlcrip Sabana Seca and Guantanamo Bay Cuba (GTMO)
22 Jul 1916 Advance party deployed to Diego Gareia and Guatemala
29 Jul 1916 Main Body deployed to AndrOI Iland Bahama and Diego Gareia BlOT
30-31 Jul 1976 Hain Body deployed to Camp Moscrip Sabana Seca and GTMO
15 Sep 1976 Detail Guatemala returned to main body and wal dileltablilhed
27 OCt 1916 Detail Vieques established and deployed to Vieques Island
28 Har 1976 Detail Sabana Seca returned to Hain Body and was disestablished
1 Aplt 1971 Advsnce party deployed to homeport
12 Aplt 1971 Detail Vieques returned to Main Body n was disestablished
14 Aplt 1971 Detail Diego Garcia deployed to homeport n was disestablished
15 Aplt 1971 Detail Andros deployed to ho~eport and woo dieltablished
16 Aplt 1977 Detail GTMO deployed to homeport and wa dieltblihed
15-16 Aplt 1977 Hdn Body deployed to homeport
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19-26 Jul 1976 BEEP and Turnover incoming
30 Jul 1916 NMCB ONE relieved NHCB FORTY at Camp MOlcrip U S Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico
4 Aug 1976 Familiarization vhit to Det Andros by CBLANT Atlantic Progra~ Officer LCOR Ringel
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C~C O~v11 vilited Oet Andros
CO N~CB O~E CDR Shirley ~nd Operetions Officer (5-3 ) LeOR hl visited Oet Gu~te~ls
Site visit to Det Andros by CO NHCB OSE COR Shirley and Operations Officer (5-3) LeOR Ahl
LT Gr~ham (5-1 ) attended Justice School
CUCM Otersen (MCPOC) and CMl Cupp visited Oet GTMO
RADM Flanagan COMNAVFORCARIB toured camp and project sitea
RNMCB-2l Lakehurst N J as lociate Batt~llon aboard for brief ~nd Ch~nge of Co~nd
COR W A Simmons Jr relieved COR R G Shirley as CO NMCB ONE COMCBLANT attended and visited Camp
LeOR Nobles NMCB ONE Chaplain visited Det Andro
COR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen visited Det GTMO
CAPT P R Brown and COR M H Chiogioji aboard to coordinate Relerve Air Oet deployments
ENS Capron reported aboard
COR Simmons ~nd LeDR Ahl visited Oet Saban Seci
COR Simmons visited Det Androl
ENS Donnelly reported abo~rd
CUCM Oterlen (MCPOC) and NCCS Owens (Career Counselor) visited Det GTMO
The Navy Inspector General RAOM Carmody and party toured the Camp and project sitebullbull
Food Service Kan~gement Team viit from Naval Food Service Office Kayport Florida
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CO NMCS ONE COR Si mmonbullbullnd S- J NMCB ONE LeOR Ahl vi sited Sabana Seca Det
COR Si mmonl LeOR Ahl CUC Ot e r en vi ited Det GTMO
CHl Cupp sent t o correc t MAV defic i encies a t Oet GTMO
First payday training day Due t o pro j ec t priorities two week standdown t o r training was replaced by having training days on paydaYI
CDR SilarDonl LeDR Ahl visited Sabana Seca I
CDR Simmon visited Det Androbull bull
RAC John J OConner Chiet ot Chaplains visited U S Naval Station Rooevelt Roads Puerto Rico and NMCB ONE
CHC Rola and SUC Ciccarelli Satety and Trainingvilit to Detl Androl and GTMO
CDR Simmons and CUCM Oteren visJted CB~ and SUPERS
LeDR Denon COMCBLAHT Staff held Administrative Management A bullbullitance visit
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Type Cor=anders Annull Supply Inspection conshyducted by CBLANT CDR Stone Senior Inlpector
Mid-Deployment Review by COMCBLANT
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COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
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LT Tucker reported aboard
LeOR Smith vhited oat GTMO
Resrv Air Det roUR departed Det GTMO without relief
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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LEGAL SERVICES
SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
ART 7B Accebullbullo ry after the fact 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
ORANO TOTAL 11 186 11 65 1 18 88 8 11 Chart retlects portions of two Ulcal yer and cannot be compared to FY command percent 90a1l
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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H C RUrGAN H COMPANYSUPPLY CHIEFcCMe Q J WILSON A COMPANY FIELD MAINT SUPERVISOR CMe 8 W DAVIS AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIA evc J LOCKLAR C COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF PHC J E BEL ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICER 8MC M 8 CURRY CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS GYSGT J D SMITH MARINE ADVISOR oe J E OSWALT A COMPANY OPERATIONS CH IEF OC M L FINCH A COMPANY TRANSPORTATION CHIEF BVC H B MAVS OICAOIC OET GUANTANAHO C J W SIMMONS ENGINEERING CHIEF OC C WEBB A COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF BUC J T HUTSON AOIC OET ANDROS evc V CICCARELLI TRAI NING CH I EF we P L TAYLOR OIC OET VIEQUESSAFETY CHIEF swe P L GOOCH OIC OET SABANA SECA oe W R MCCLELLAN A COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF UIC M STAPLETON B COMPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe J G BARTLETT A COMPANY AUTOSUPPORT SHOP SUPERVISO SVC R C FITZGERALD OIC OET VIEQUES SVC W D HEFHER BEQ PROJECT SUPERINTENDANT evc G N UtiI C COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe O DODGE AO COMPANY LIGHT SHOP SUPERVISOR SKC P H RIAL SUPPLY CHIEF 1IlltC E J SOMMERS MEDICAL CHIEF evc R D HARPER AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIAC COMPANY
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Subi Deployment Co~pletion Report submission of
16-20 uq 1976
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1 Sep 1976
9-11 Sep 1976
10 Sep 1976
13-17 Sep 1976
16 Sep 1976
20 - 21 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
22 Sep 1976
27 - 30 Sep 1976
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5 Oct 1976
5- 15 Oct 1976
C~C O~v11 vilited Oet Andros
CO N~CB O~E CDR Shirley ~nd Operetions Officer (5-3 ) LeOR hl visited Oet Gu~te~ls
Site visit to Det Andros by CO NHCB OSE COR Shirley and Operations Officer (5-3) LeOR Ahl
LT Gr~ham (5-1 ) attended Justice School
CUCM Otersen (MCPOC) and CMl Cupp visited Oet GTMO
RADM Flanagan COMNAVFORCARIB toured camp and project sitea
RNMCB-2l Lakehurst N J as lociate Batt~llon aboard for brief ~nd Ch~nge of Co~nd
COR W A Simmons Jr relieved COR R G Shirley as CO NMCB ONE COMCBLANT attended and visited Camp
LeOR Nobles NMCB ONE Chaplain visited Det Andro
COR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen visited Det GTMO
CAPT P R Brown and COR M H Chiogioji aboard to coordinate Relerve Air Oet deployments
ENS Capron reported aboard
COR Simmons ~nd LeDR Ahl visited Oet Saban Seci
COR Simmons visited Det Androl
ENS Donnelly reported abo~rd
CUCM Oterlen (MCPOC) and NCCS Owens (Career Counselor) visited Det GTMO
The Navy Inspector General RAOM Carmody and party toured the Camp and project sitebullbull
Food Service Kan~gement Team viit from Naval Food Service Office Kayport Florida
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12- 16 Oct 1976
16 - 25 Oct 1976
18 Oct 1976
19 Oc t 1976
28 Oc t 1976
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15 Nov 1916
16 No 1976
21-24 No 1916 D 1976
4- 9 Dec 1916
5-10 Dec 1976
6-10 Dec 1916
12 Dec 1976
13-16 Dec 1976
13-17 Dec 1976
14-21 Dec 1916
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COR Si mmonl LeOR Ahl CUC Ot e r en vi ited Det GTMO
CHl Cupp sent t o correc t MAV defic i encies a t Oet GTMO
First payday training day Due t o pro j ec t priorities two week standdown t o r training was replaced by having training days on paydaYI
CDR SilarDonl LeDR Ahl visited Sabana Seca I
CDR Simmon visited Det Androbull bull
RAC John J OConner Chiet ot Chaplains visited U S Naval Station Rooevelt Roads Puerto Rico and NMCB ONE
CHC Rola and SUC Ciccarelli Satety and Trainingvilit to Detl Androl and GTMO
CDR Simmons and CUCM Oteren visJted CB~ and SUPERS
LeDR Denon COMCBLAHT Staff held Administrative Management A bullbullitance visit
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Type Cor=anders Annull Supply Inspection conshyducted by CBLANT CDR Stone Senior Inlpector
Mid-Deployment Review by COMCBLANT
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LCDR Rinqel CBLAgtT vhilted Oet GT~IO
COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
Loading Exercie with C-141 bull
LeDR Tyler conducted S-2 and Clabullbullified Materia Manaqement Alistance viit
LT Tucker reported aboard
LeOR Smith vhited oat GTMO
Resrv Air Det roUR departed Det GTMO without relief
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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7 Ap 1977 COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl viited Det Viequebull
Ap 1977 Camp Moscrip turned over to NMCB FOUR
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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DeteU Saban Sec OILS NAVSECGROUPACT 31JUL7628MAR77 Conltruction of Security Sabanll Seell fR Group racilitibullbull
Detail Viequel 021 Cerro Matia 27OCT7612APR77 Conltruction of AFWTF Viequea Island racilitibullbullbull puerto Rico
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ADMINISTRATION
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SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
AUG SEP OCT OV DEC J FEgt MAR APR m- m- m- IT rnr mshy MEO EVACUATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
S 0 0 1 5 1 1 100 0 0bull gtIT 3 1 426 3 1 2 2 100 1 1
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OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
ORANO TOTAL 11 186 11 65 1 18 88 8 11 Chart retlects portions of two Ulcal yer and cannot be compared to FY command percent 90a1l
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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APR I L
April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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12- 16 Oct 1976
16 - 25 Oct 1976
18 Oct 1976
19 Oc t 1976
28 Oc t 1976
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15 Nov 1916
16 No 1976
21-24 No 1916 D 1976
4- 9 Dec 1916
5-10 Dec 1976
6-10 Dec 1916
12 Dec 1976
13-16 Dec 1976
13-17 Dec 1976
14-21 Dec 1916
EOCS Bbullbullbull and CMCS Nelson conducted ti r t Equip~en t Manageme nt Ass istance viit
CUCM Otersen and NCCS OWen visited Det Andr o bull
CDR McCall CBLk~T S- J vis ited Camp MOICrip bull
CO NMCS ONE COR Si mmonbullbullnd S- J NMCB ONE LeOR Ahl vi sited Sabana Seca Det
COR Si mmonl LeOR Ahl CUC Ot e r en vi ited Det GTMO
CHl Cupp sent t o correc t MAV defic i encies a t Oet GTMO
First payday training day Due t o pro j ec t priorities two week standdown t o r training was replaced by having training days on paydaYI
CDR SilarDonl LeDR Ahl visited Sabana Seca I
CDR Simmon visited Det Androbull bull
RAC John J OConner Chiet ot Chaplains visited U S Naval Station Rooevelt Roads Puerto Rico and NMCB ONE
CHC Rola and SUC Ciccarelli Satety and Trainingvilit to Detl Androl and GTMO
CDR Simmons and CUCM Oteren visJted CB~ and SUPERS
LeDR Denon COMCBLAHT Staff held Administrative Management A bullbullitance visit
Mid-Deployment celebration conduc ted bull
Major Hand aboard tor Military Training Manageshyment Assitance viit
Type Cor=anders Annull Supply Inspection conshyducted by CBLANT CDR Stone Senior Inlpector
Mid-Deployment Review by COMCBLANT
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16-18 Dec li76
5 Jan li77
6-10 Jan In7
10 J4 1977
10-15 J4 U77
10-U J4 1977
10-23 Jan 1977
12 Jan 1977
13 Jan U77
20 Jan 1977
24-27 Jan un
25-28 Jan U77
27 Jan 1911
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LCDR Rinqel CBLAgtT vhilted Oet GT~IO
COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
Loading Exercie with C-141 bull
LeDR Tyler conducted S-2 and Clabullbullified Materia Manaqement Alistance viit
LT Tucker reported aboard
LeOR Smith vhited oat GTMO
Resrv Air Det roUR departed Det GTMO without relief
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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7 Ap 1977 COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl viited Det Viequebull
Ap 1977 Camp Moscrip turned over to NMCB FOUR
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
Detail Diego Garcia 1 44 NAVCOMKSTA Diego 29JUL76 14APR77 COnltruction in IUPPOlt Garcia ot NCr Cap and Precbullbull t
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Detail Quantnamo 121 MAVSTA Guantanamo JlJUL1616APR71 Contruction of MAVST aay Cuba GTMO Facilitiel bull
DeteU Saban Sec OILS NAVSECGROUPACT 31JUL7628MAR77 Conltruction of Security Sabanll Seell fR Group racilitibullbull
Detail Viequel 021 Cerro Matia 27OCT7612APR77 Conltruction of AFWTF Viequea Island racilitibullbullbull puerto Rico
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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LEGAL SERVICES
SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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SUPPORT FACILlTIES
The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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AUG SEP OCT OV DEC J FEgt MAR APR m- m- m- IT rnr mshy MEO EVACUATIONS
PSYCHIATRIC - 8 SURGICAL bull 1 DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE - 5
There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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OEgtITAL
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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The rubber drive belt on the high speed vacuum system waa the weak link in equipment Blck up belts should be on hand to keep from having to use the lmall oral surgery vacuum unit Kaintenance on the air compressor is also aportant bull
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
ART 7B Accebullbullo ry after the fact 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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TOTAL GROUP VIII 54 14 8 16 62 11 13 846 11
OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
ORANO TOTAL 11 186 11 65 1 18 88 8 11 Chart retlects portions of two Ulcal yer and cannot be compared to FY command percent 90a1l
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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LCDR Rinqel CBLAgtT vhilted Oet GT~IO
COHCBLANT S2 viitd to evaluate training
COR Simmon and LCOR Noble viited Sabana Seca
HRAV Follow-up urvey conducted by Senior Chief Grobullbull of Human Reeources Center Mayport Florida
Implementation of Phase n Race Relations workshop complete
CQMCBIANT Caribbean Tour and inspection of NMCB O~E
NMCB FOUR pradeployment visit to Oet kdros GTMO and Hain Bo4y
EOCS Bass and CMCS Nellon conducted second Equipcent Management Abullbull itance viit
Command brief for CAPT J P JONES COMCBLANT and RAnM Heid COMLANTNAVFACENGCOH
CAPT John P JONES COMCBLANT viiited Det GTMO on inspection tour accompanied by CDR Simmons LeDR Ahl CUCM Otersen SUCS Siremore and LT Huquelett CBLANT Caribbean Det
COR Neal Or anqe Third RNCR Op Officer visited Det GTHO
ENS Walters (MLOI reviewedaaaiated Det GTMO MLO Operations
ENS Elliott (5-411 attended Food Service Mess=en Contract Negotiations t Charlelton SC
Reerve Air Det ONE arrived for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
LeDR Nobles viited Oet Andros
LT Kolster (S-21 and EOI Root attended H~port Planning Conference in Gulfport
COR Simmons and LeDR Ahl visited Det Andros
Reserve Air Det TWO relieved Air Oet ONE for ACOUTRA at GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
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LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
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Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
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The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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OEgtITAL
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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Ribbon Cuttinq Cer emony for CerAlllcWood Hobby Shop 1n Sabana Seca attended by CDR Simmonll
LCDR Smith (XO) to Newport RI to attend Senior Officers Leqal Courlle
LeDR Ahl NMCB ONE LeDR Rinqel CBLANT LeDR bullWalters 20TH NCR - visited Det GTMO tor Ope rations and Material Liaison Conference
Reserve Air Det THREE relieved Air Det TWO for ACDUTAA a t GTMO and Roosevelt Roads
CUCM a terbullbulln and uteI Synowi~ visited Det GTMO and Det Andros
LT Miller and BUCS Rose CBLANT visited net CTMO and Roosevelt RoadS for operation visit
LTJG Johnson arrived in Det GTMO al new OIC 1 RAnM Elterbrook COMFIRSTRESBRIGADE viii ted Reserve Air Oets at GTMO and Roosevelt Roadl
HRAV Feedback Workshop conducted
UTCH A J Synowiez relieved CUCM E J Oterlen as HCPOC
Relerve Air Det FOUR relieved Air Det THREE for COUTRA et GTMO and Roosevelt Roade
CDR Simmons visited Det Andros
LeDR Tyler COMCBLANT 52 conducted Air Det Embark Exercise
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LT Tucker reported aboard
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27 Mar 1977 ENS Elliott promoted to LT~G
28-ll 1977 COR Si~~s viite~ Det Androbull 1 Ap 1977 A~vance Party departed for ho~eport
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Ap 1977 Camp Moscrip turned over to NMCB FOUR
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
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ADMINISTRATION
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DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
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The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
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CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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ART BO Attempt 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
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Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
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Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
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NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
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The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
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The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
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The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
By February the resultl of hard work on the BEO became apparent bull and became a growing source of pride to all handl The Seabee Birthday a chsnce to paUl and build enthulialm wal a welcome rewpite before the run to the end of the deployment Morale wal soaring al it became evident to all that we would reach our goall The Air Det Embark Exercil gave all hands involved a chance to show in unison how high their spirits were The reeult vas outshystanding
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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2 tapaciAlly c~ndabl are your Detachaent Offlcar In Charla ENS C F HAinee Ill latant Officer in CharSa BueS C B 51ampoe end udJlcanco Officer In Charse BOC J T Hutson Througb thdr outshyUndi 1eadeUbip dependabUicey profealoNl1 knov1edge undeuundl of peranne ltaication tbetr ready adaptbi1ity to the petil altuationa cohat extt t Andro and cobeir ability to dip1aaatitlly deal wiceh the on-board nitbullbull Dd civilian p ronnel and tOntractou for cea tbeir work perfo~nte ha reaulted In product explary of Navel HUlury Conacoruction Bacctallon cuato ry cn do attitude
3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Battalion NHCB ane FPO New York New York 09501
Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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LEGAL SERVICES
SPECIAL SERVICES
DEPLOYMENT RETENTION
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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UNIT LOCATION SUMMARY
OFF ENL LOCATION AROEPART MISSIONTY
NMeB ONE Hain Body 18527 CaGp Moacrlp fR JOJUL76 16APR77 Training in conunction with conltcuc tion of Navy faciUHa
Detl)ll GUlltCtNla 0 11 Guattlll41e 29JUL76 1SSEP76 Provide Tech A bullbulliatnee Required to train Guat shybull - Ian Peconnel in erectshying Butler Buildingl
Detail And r ol I land 1 26 Jn4rol Island 29JUL76 15APR77 Conuruc tion of NUSC Det Bahamas AUTEC Facilitibullbullbull
Detail Diego Garcia 1 44 NAVCOMKSTA Diego 29JUL76 14APR77 COnltruction in IUPPOlt Garcia ot NCr Cap and Precbullbull t
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ADMINISTRATION
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
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NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION
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LEGAL SERVICES
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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
CHAPLAIN
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
E7 23 24 23 23 24 24 E E5 123 123 120 122 11 111 107 113 107 149 146 142 143 134 133 135 136 131
NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
AUG SEP OCT OV C JM FEB R APR ro - ro ro or - - shyPATIENTS SEEN AT SICK CALL
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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The rubber drive belt on the high speed vacuum system waa the weak link in equipment Blck up belts should be on hand to keep from having to use the lmall oral surgery vacuum unit Kaintenance on the air compressor is also aportant bull
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
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CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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ADM I ~ I S T RAT I O N
The A~iniatrative Depar~ent il comprised of the Adcinishyatrative Otfice Peraonnel Office and the Legal Office The Administrative Management Viait by Representativea fron the ataff of COMCBLANT and COM20THNC~ wal very helpful an~ assisted this command in the proper performance of ita functiona Although no official grade ia g iven tor the viait the re~rt
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PERSONN E L
The Battalion Perlonnel Office maintained all aervice recorda for the Main Body l ocated at Camp Moacrip U S Naval Station RoOlevelt Road Puerto Rico and tor Detachshyment Vieque Ialand Oetachment Diego Garcia had a PNl aaaigned to maintain i t l perlonnel records Detachmenta Guantanamo Bay Sabana Seca and Androa Ialand peraonnel record~ were maintained by the heat cOlllland a bull The following atatiashytical data ia providedAUG NOV DEC JAN gtEO R OR EBE9 11 10 1D 10 10
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NR 223 241 26l 284 288 300 31 313 TOTAL 621 63B Good Conduct Medala Officer promotiona 1LTJG - Onebull Navy Achievement Medal one
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CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
By February the resultl of hard work on the BEO became apparent bull and became a growing source of pride to all handl The Seabee Birthday a chsnce to paUl and build enthulialm wal a welcome rewpite before the run to the end of the deployment Morale wal soaring al it became evident to all that we would reach our goall The Air Det Embark Exercil gave all hands involved a chance to show in unison how high their spirits were The reeult vas outshystanding
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
ART lOB Military Property of United Stete 10bullbullbull bulldamage destruction or wrongful dispoition
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
S 0 0 1 5 1 1 100 0 0bull gtIT 3 1 426 3 1 2 2 100 1 1
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TOTAL GROUP VIII 54 14 8 16 62 11 13 846 11
OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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M E D I C A L
CENERAL
The Medical Department at mCB ONE provided aupport tor all peraonnel aaaigned to NMCB ONE and to civilian peraonnelworking at Camp Moacrip
Routine sick call houri were held at 0630-0700 and at 1230- 1300 each dar Although peraona were normaUr checked into Sick Call during these hours the two corpaman aaaigned to the Sick Call were uually kept bUly for 2-3 houra after each Sick Cal l Uppe r Relpiratory dileaaea auch as colda influena and chelt congeltion and Ikin dileaaa auch aa fungal intectionl and heat raahel made up the qreateat percentage at the routine aick call complainta A large number at ~ulculoakletal complaintl auch aa back atrain and pulledmUle lea were alao treated Approximately 175 ~inor injuries were incurred a a reult at accident both at work and on liberty No lIIajor injuriel relulted for on-the-job accidentl
A luccebullbull ful weight reduct ion progr~ wal maintained all immuniationa kept up to date many physicala completed and a large number at appoin~nta were made at the ~aval HOlpital Rooevelt Roada Puerto Rico by Admin aection All health record were acreened and updated aa required
Regular aanitation inapectiona of Camp tacilitiea were carried out by the Preventive Medicine Technician a well a Food Service lecturea tor the personnel working in the ingfacilitiea Inaect and Rodent Control waa carried out by the peraonnel ot Bravo CODpany in coordination with the Medical Department Indoctrination and Pirat Aid lecture were carried out throughout the deployment
During the Reerve Air Detachment deployment Medical Department received a bullbull itance in supplimentary personnelfrom the reserve unitl Thee personnel were a major aai shytance on range and training exercises
Twenty four hour Glllergency care was provided by the duty corpman and Medical Otticer consultation wal alae available when needed
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The Medical Department at Camp Moacrip conaisted at one Butler building This building waa adequate but could have bull been a little bigger aa there was very little pace tor medical supplie
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The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
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CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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SUPPORT FACILlTIES
The N3v31 Hospit31 Roosevelt Ro3d Puerto Rico provide~ all required upport and a bullbull it3nce Conultation service including all pecialty clinic Ph3rmeceutical product Laboratory 3nd Rsdioqraphic tcilities not available in our facility were provided by the hospitsl The emergency room st the hospitsl wa allo utili~ed when needed All Medevacs were handled by the Naval Hoapital Rooevelt R03ds bull bull STAFF
The Medical Oep3rtment st3tt consisted ot one Medical Officer one HMC three HMIs three KHZ s nd one KMJ with the main body In addition one HMI ws ssigned to Detac~ent Guatemala for a period of ix weeks then waa abullbulligned to Detachment Vieque tor a period ot approxim3tely 4 12 monthl He wa returned to the main body approximately two weeks prior to the adv3nce p3rty leaving Since the Medical Department consisted of almost all ca reer petty officers with a gre3t deal of experishyence a high degree ot efticiency and profesionalim was maintained throughout the deployment
HOSPITALIZATIONS
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There wre also five per onnel sent to ARD ROOSEVELT ROADS snd titteen personnel couneled by the DrugAlcohol Abus Counselor
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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The rubber drive belt on the high speed vacuum system waa the weak link in equipment Blck up belts should be on hand to keep from having to use the lmall oral surgery vacuum unit Kaintenance on the air compressor is also aportant bull
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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2 tapaciAlly c~ndabl are your Detachaent Offlcar In Charla ENS C F HAinee Ill latant Officer in CharSa BueS C B 51ampoe end udJlcanco Officer In Charse BOC J T Hutson Througb thdr outshyUndi 1eadeUbip dependabUicey profealoNl1 knov1edge undeuundl of peranne ltaication tbetr ready adaptbi1ity to the petil altuationa cohat extt t Andro and cobeir ability to dip1aaatitlly deal wiceh the on-board nitbullbull Dd civilian p ronnel and tOntractou for cea tbeir work perfo~nte ha reaulted In product explary of Navel HUlury Conacoruction Bacctallon cuato ry cn do attitude
3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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NceS R OtrpoundNS COMMAND CAREER COONSELOR Bue R L CUMMINGS middotCmiddot COMPANY CHIEFSEQ CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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OEgtITAL
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The NMCB ONE Dental Oepar~ent provided dental trea~ent to all Battalion personnel
STAFF
The department consisted ot a Dental Otticer one First Class and one Third Class Dental TeChnician
FACILITIES
The Dental tacility Consilted ot a two operatory trailer located adjacent to the Medical Department The trailer also included a ~all waiting room an X- ray unit and a small darkshyroom Air and vacuum uni ts were located under the trailer
TREATMENT
The ajority of dental procedures consisted of general operative dentistry However in addition endodontics routine oral surgery acme periodonticl and a limited amount of prosthetics were also performed Oral prophylaxis and stannous flour ide treatmentl were perfor-ed by the dental technicians Class III patientl were given priority but all patients were encouraged to receive yearly examination and necessary treatJaent
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PATIENTS TREATED 177 148 162 207 138 151 136 191 15 TOTAL PROCEDURES 478 607 702 684 632 727 561 816 6S
SUPPORT FACILITIES
The Roosevelt Roads Nval HOlpital offered lupport in the area of oral surgery The base dental clinic provided allilshytance in the other lpeCillity Ireas particularly periodontica and prosthetics and a dental repairman when necessary
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
S 0 0 1 5 1 1 100 0 0bull gtIT 3 1 426 3 1 2 2 100 1 1
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TOTAL GROUP VIII 54 14 8 16 62 11 13 846 11
OTHER 3 5 60 1 3 5 5 100 0 0
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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M 0 R ALE
Morale was high as the dep l oyment began Advise~ i n advance of the rather austere livin9 conditionl in Camp Moscrip the ~en of ONE adjusted quick l y and l ooked forward to early improve~ent of lome conditions An active sportl program begun early was a major positive factor The 10 September Change of Command ceremon y gave all hands an opportunity to renew their identifi shycation and pride in the FIRST AND THE FINEST by participation in a very impres ive military evolution
Morale continued on a high note in September and into October on the impetul of the growing luccebullbull and interelt in the Battalion Flag Football Team and two three dsy weekends which included o ff shyisland special lervices tripl However the growth of talking for the 356 man BEO with resulting deferral of camp improvement pro shyjects had lome dampening effectl
November brought much awaited cooler weather and lome lelf shyhelp on BEO hutl al men began to look forward to Thanklgiving and Christmal holidayl The Mid-deployment party on 11 December a real morale boolt wal well attended and enjoyed by all Further evidence of high morale was the unulual generOlity dilplayed durshying the Combined Federal Campaign drive when over $11000 00 was railed
Late December and January the full weight of realization of the large Icope of work remaining to complete the J56 man BEO and the hard work necessary to do the job had a negative effect on moral e Bi-weekly military training had been belatedly atarted in November in lieu of the planned two week traininl block in January and any Embarkation exerciae pol tponed indef nitely beshycause of the prell on thil one large project Sequential sChedul el were developed which had to be met at all COltl occalionallyresulted in undesirably long houri Probleml and matterl of general interelt were dilculaed in a leriel of Captain l calls COmpany and Platoon rap lellionl were held to air feelingl and ideal of interelt and impact at thole levela On the brighter aide the relultl of the Annual Supply Inlpectio~ wal a lource of pride to all men allociated with that operation although on the whole morale wal aomewhat lower during the period
By February the resultl of hard work on the BEO became apparent bull and became a growing source of pride to all handl The Seabee Birthday a chsnce to paUl and build enthulialm wal a welcome rewpite before the run to the end of the deployment Morale wal soaring al it became evident to all that we would reach our goall The Air Det Embark Exercil gave all hands involved a chance to show in unison how high their spirits were The reeult vas outshystanding
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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The orle of the deployment reched a fitting high note bull with the ribbon cutting for the 365 man SEQ where the quanlty and quality of work performed by the en wa roundly praied by all preent The turnover with NMCB FOUR was characterized by unuual cooperativene by all Theame cooperativenebullbull was commented fevorably upon all during the deployment by almot all peoplecontacted at Roosevelt Roadl and deployment sites The Battalion returned to Gulfport with outtanding morale and pride in a very luccebullbullful deployment
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
NJP SUMMARY AUG NOV OEC OCT JAN FEB MA R At
CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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ART 121 Larceny and Wronqful Appropriation 2
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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R 1518 0 lZ APR 17 fM COMCBLANT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLBIANMCB ONE INfO RUCLBIvCOM TWO ZERO NCR GULfPORT MS OT UNCLAS EFT 0 N0165 0 BRAVO ZULU A NUSC NEWPORT RI LTR SER 752-M OF 29 MAR 77 (NOTAL ) 1 AS YOU RETURN FROM AN AROUOUS DEPLOYMENT I EXTEND l~ Y SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE OffICERS AND MEN Of NMCB ONE f OR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMshyPLISHMENTS DURING THE PAST EIGHT AND ONE HALf MONTHS TtiE PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE BATTALION WERE EVIDENT IN C~~PLETING VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA ITEMS OF PARTICULAR NOTE INCLUDE
A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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LEG A L SER VI CES
In the IIrea of Legl itancbullbull the Battelion Legel OfHce was able to provide I~cellnt support to the commend through cloe liaion with the Legal istence Office Lllw Center of U S Naval Stetion Roosevlt Roed end the Steff Judge dvocete Commender Neve l r o r ce Ceribbean The e~pertie end quidence provided by thee of fi ces we alwey readily ev~ilabll end the pereonnel moet cordial
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The Leqal Office wa etaffed by the Legal Of ficer one YN2 and one SN A summery of NJP by UCHJ Article and deployment i provided follow
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CSES AT MAST 16 18 19 13 10 10 101 WARDED NJP bull bulll 10 11 15 13 bullCIM REFERRALS 0 l 0 7 l 0 0 ) 18bullDISMISSED 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 7
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RT B6 Absence Without Leave 40
ART 92 Failure to Obey en Order or Requletion 30
ART 134 cnerel Article 7
ART 91 Insubordinate Conduct TOwerd Werrent Officer 2 Non-Commibullbullioned Officer or Petty Officer
ART 117 Provoking speeches or geture 2
ART 116 Riot or Breach of Pace 1
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
hands betore returning t c homeport and many Red cross-Navy Relief ~ellage were handled
The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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S P E C I A L S E R V ICE S
The Special Services Facilities in Camp Moscrip were adequate The outdoor movie theater showed tree movies seven days a week and double teatures o n weekends weather permitting Indoor facilities were limited to one 20 X 40 toot Butler hut which housed the Special Services ottice gear locker one pool table a universal gym and a weight area Athletic gear was available locally and was purchased to replace and increase equipment on hand The camp also had a sottball tield basketball court (resurfaced by the Battalion) and three volleyball courts all lighted for evening play
The priority construction put a damper on most of the intershymural leagues started however two sottball leagues were held A number ot men participated in the Naval Station leagues and the Battalion achieved a tirst place tin ish in football and a third place tinish in basketball
The tours were many and varied Tours were run to various locations on the island ot Puerto Rico and overnight tours were conducted to St Thomas and Santo Domingo
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
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The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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o E P LOY HEN T RET E N T ION S U H H A R Y
There were a number of changes to the Retention progra during deployment One of the major changes was the reten shytion goals aet by DUPERS BUPERS has determined the number of EAOS S in each rating for the entire Fiscal Year and also haa deterained the percentage of peraonnel in each rating that we need to retain to keep the career Manning levels at a deaired number Theae percentagea are applied by each ~d to enable them to dete~ne juat how many reenliatments are needed for every rating in the command This haa been applied to the FY- 77 retention program
We have aeen fou r of the Seabee ratinga move up to CRED Croup middotCmiddot again Moat peraonnel in CREO Croup middotCmiddot with evalshyuation mrka 34 or above are eligible for the CUARD II pro shygram for a reenlistent incentive The Seabee rating that are atill ove~nned and in CREO Croup middot0- are EA EO and CEo
Thia deployment haa aeen seventeen career peraonnel apply for tranafer to the Fleet Reaerve We wih them all good luck on t heir well deserved r etirement although we wil l miaa their faithful 1 ervice here on active duty
SWC Poakin reported aboard NHCB ONE in December to become the new Command Career Counselor when NCCS OWena tranafera to recruiting duty in Hay
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
NOT NOT RATING REEN EUG ELIG REEN ELIG ELIGbull 8 13 20 15 5 1 1 100 1
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
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OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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The followinq i the brekdo~~ 0 retention results durinq this deployment
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FIRST TER1 CAREER
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GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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E 0 U CAT I O N A L S E R V I C E S O FF I CE
GENERAL
The deplo~nt to Puerto Rico was very successful in t he education area The success o f all ESO programs waa due largely t o the Battalion training program Which conducted an information briefing for all peraonnel upon arrival in Puerto Rico Thia enabled all of the =en to learn firat hand about the education opportunitiea available
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The InterAmerican Univeraity of Puerto Rico held PREP clasaea on Camp Moacrip for the Seabees atationed there Twenty ~en participated in the program and eleven earned high choal diplomas before the program was terainated in OCt ober
CLEP
Many personnel participated in the CLEP tste which were adminiatred by the NCPA at Rooeevelt Roads Eighteen pershysonnell received credit in leveral areae of the teat and four men passed all cateqoriebullbull
OFF DUTY STUDY
The achievement made in the field of higher education were allo noteworthy The only college that Offered coursel on the Naval Station was the InterAmerican univrsity of Purto Rico The number of cIabullbullbullbull was rather It-ited and ome courle were cancelled due to lack of student but nonethlebullbull over forty en completed over fifty coure during the deployment
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
Battlion peronnel relized that deployment offered an excellent opportunity to work on correpondence courebullbull Over five hundred courses were ordered during dployment and three hundred and fifty were completed and graded In addition to Navy corrbullbullpondnc cours the Battalion is now eUbeeribing to the Navy Technical Training Center correpondnce courses and the U S ~y Corps of Engineer correspondence courles Thee course hlv been well received by the Battalion and offer a new challenge to men who have taken ~t of the avail shyable Navy correspondence courebull bull
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Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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H C RUrGAN H COMPANYSUPPLY CHIEFcCMe Q J WILSON A COMPANY FIELD MAINT SUPERVISOR CMe 8 W DAVIS AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIA evc J LOCKLAR C COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF PHC J E BEL ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICER 8MC M 8 CURRY CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS GYSGT J D SMITH MARINE ADVISOR oe J E OSWALT A COMPANY OPERATIONS CH IEF OC M L FINCH A COMPANY TRANSPORTATION CHIEF BVC H B MAVS OICAOIC OET GUANTANAHO C J W SIMMONS ENGINEERING CHIEF OC C WEBB A COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF BUC J T HUTSON AOIC OET ANDROS evc V CICCARELLI TRAI NING CH I EF we P L TAYLOR OIC OET VIEQUESSAFETY CHIEF swe P L GOOCH OIC OET SABANA SECA oe W R MCCLELLAN A COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF UIC M STAPLETON B COMPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe J G BARTLETT A COMPANY AUTOSUPPORT SHOP SUPERVISO SVC R C FITZGERALD OIC OET VIEQUES SVC W D HEFHER BEQ PROJECT SUPERINTENDANT evc G N UtiI C COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe O DODGE AO COMPANY LIGHT SHOP SUPERVISOR SKC P H RIAL SUPPLY CHIEF 1IlltC E J SOMMERS MEDICAL CHIEF evc R D HARPER AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIAC COMPANY
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AnVANCEMENTS
Promotions were plentiful during the deployment Eighty four men were advanced fra the Augult exam Pifty one men were edvanced to E-4 twenty five men were advanced to E-S and eight men were advanced to E-6 Pour men in the aattalion were advanced to Chief during the deployment Finally forty three men were advanced to pay grade E-2 and E- 3 while the Battalion wa in Puerto Rico
SUMMARY
The Educational service Office had a very uccessful deployment The men of NMca ONE have dilplayed the initiative for elf improvement and a continuing program is planned to enlure that all hands realize the opportunitiea available through the Educational Service I Office and the NCPA
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
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Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
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DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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The Chaplain LCOR B R NOBLES CHC USNR in addition to hi primary duty a Chaplain functioned IS the Library Officer Civic Action Otf icer Human Goal Officer and served aa the Human Relations Council Recorder Cutodian of the protetantChapel Fund and on the Cash Verificati on Board
The significant Chapel event wa the opening of the NHCB ONE Cot fee Houae under the leadership of SKl Brian Corbett Chapa 1 member The Coffee HOUle inclUded a loda bar pool table and TV lounge tor the recreational needa of the Battalion along with a spiritual counseling min i s try This was all done with VOlunteer lelt-help labor including a watch to keep the Coffee Houae open Later the watch was assumed by the Battalion OVer 4000 individual pgrsonnel vilits were made to the Coffee HOUle during the eight month deployment
A volunteer Civic Action group was involved in two Civic Action projec t a the Fajardo School of the Deaf and the Catholic Retreat Houae The gr oup on otf - du ty weekendl Ipent their time laying blockl grading roads letting up light pole I and doing carpentry work on the Ie two projecta The Battalion allO gave over $1 881 00 through the Chapel otfering to charitable Organilationa while on deployment
The Religioua Program included aervicea tor Proteatants Jewish and Catholica Divine Services were conducted on Sunday with (5) Bible studies let up to ~et the needs ot varioua religious dilcipline during the week During Thankagiving Yuletide and Easter Seasons Ipecial programs were planned and inatituted tor the religioul morale ot the Battalion
The two highlights were the Nauguabo Orphanage Childrena Party where the man adopted a child for the party and the Sunrie Eater Service During the 8 month deployment an average ot SO oounleling case were conducted by the ChaplainAt the close of the deployment a baptimal service wal conducted tor 5 personnel
A Religious rilm Ministry was eatablished and tilma were shown available to the entire battalion on ott-duty weekend l
The Chaplain also alilted the Naval Station and Hospital Chapels with Chaplain coverage
The Aftirmative Action Plan wa updated and printed for circulation to all handl A deployment briet waa given to all bull
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The Chaplain also visited the detachment itel to serve the religious needs of the detachment perlonnel
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PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
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September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
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DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
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On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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PUB L I CAP F A IRS
PIO coverage of the Caribbean Deployment was co- ordinated througl the ~ain body PAO office at Camp Moscrip under the di rection of the asst Operations Officer who was assigned the collatera l dutyof PAO The PIO Office was initially staffed hy one ~Ol who was joined by a ~OSN late in the deployment Photographic support WIIS provided by a Pill
The PAD facilities at Camp Moscrip proved to be oenerally satshyufactory throughout the deployment Printinq assistance was proshyvided by Roosevelt Roads branch office of Navy Publications and Printing office Photographic asistance in developing and printiDq color slides and photographs was provided by Caribbean branch of Audio-Viaual aids
The primary medium for PAC during the deploy~ent was the BigOne the NMCB ONE familygra~newspaper which was publiahed on a monthly baais and distributed to all hands and their dependents Timely articles were written and submitted along with photographs by all detachments and main body companies for the Big One a lively current and much sought after publication
In addition to the Big One slide and videotape presentations depicting personnel at work on the various detachment sites and main body and functions such as change of Command ~id-deployment party and Orphans Christlnas Party were prepared and fOIVarded to N1ltB-QNE Wives Club in Gulfport These presentations were well recieved bythe ladies who reciprocated by forwarding articles for the Big One and II videotape of the NMCB ONE Childrens Chris~s Party
One area which did not recieve sufficient attention during the Caribbean Oeployment was coverage in the CDC Gulfport Newspaper This omission has been corrected in homeport and will be in future deployments through early assignments of articles to Battalion pershysonnel
During the deployment a cruise book was prepared and sent to the printers with expected receipt and distribution early duringhomeport period A hard bound black and white format was decided upon due to cost limitations Photographs were submitted by the various detachment and mainbody companies and the layout was done by the Battalion Cruise Book Staff The cruis book was printed by a Puarto Rican firm with lias ion and contract negotiations handled by the Roosevelt Roads Navy Publications and Printing Service office layouts were completed and delivered to the printers in late march for deliver in mid-Hay
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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Subj Lettr of Appreciation
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Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
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Very truly yours
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ATlANTIC fLEfT WUKlNS lANGE
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To C~anding Officer Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ON
Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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July was the wrap up of Homeport Final preparations for advance party departure were finished and the advance parties deployed during the period 7 through 22 July to Camp MOscrip Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Andros Isiand Bahamas Diego Garcia BlOT Guatemala Guantanamo Bay Cuba and Sabene Seca Puerto Rico The advance parties quickly inishytiated the tu rnover pr ocesses and by 29 - 31 July when the main bodies deployed all was ready
AUGUST
Hoving ~ediately i nto productive effort the Mai n Body at Camp Moscrip showed signif icant progress on pr ojects specifically the Bachelor Enli sted Quarters Quarry and QuarryHaul Road and the middot 0middot Club Extension and Camp Moscrip proshyjects which i nc l uded the Besketball Court Boilerroom Addition and additional CPO Hut
Detail Sabana Seca esteblished material procedures and began constructing the CeramicWood Hobby Shop Pr ogress vas also made on the punch list for the Antenna Site
Detail Guantanamo Bay (GTHOI exploded wi th production quick ly advancing the Storage Shed portion of the housing improvement pro ject far ahead of schedule
Detail Andros managed to get many projects underway and achieved starts on Replacing Mooring Dol phin Humidity Control Warehouse Erosion Control Quaywall and Radar Instrumentation Building Material and transportation were the main problems and firm bases were established to overcome these problems and increase production
S E P T pound H B E R
September started off happily with a J day veekend On 10 Septaber CDR W A S~ns Jr CEC USN relieved CDR R G Shirley CSC USN as Comanding Officer U S Haal Mobile Construction Battalion ONE
Substantial progres vas achieved on projects and addishytional projects started were the Camp MOscrip EM Head Rapair Leyte Street Boxer Drive at NAVSTA ROOsevelt Road Auto Hobby Shop in Sabana Seca Hon U S Housing Demolition in CTHO and Repair Relocate Quaywall and Supply Admin Building in Andros The new CPM for the BEO project was submitted raiing tha manshyday remaining est~te from 8600 to 14100 mandays
September also saw the successful co-pletion of the taking of Detail Guatemala The Detail returned to the Hain Body and was disestablished on 15 Septeeber with high praisa from all aources including USAraquo
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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OCT 0 B E R
While major emphai wabullbulltill being placed on completing the SEQ project Leyte StreetBoxer Orive and Ouarry Operatlon were beginning to conume large amount of labor A fuel dishypensing facility in the Alpha Company Yard and rehabil i tation of berthing hut were new projects undertaken at Camp Mocrip
Oetail Androa reported that Replacing Mooring Dolphin and Rehab of satch Plant project were complete
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NOV E M B E R
Detail Vieque began construction of Dixieland Radar pr o shyject A review ot taking by CSLANT produced increaed priority on LeyteBoxer and detaking of middot 0 middot Club Extenion Completion ot the BEQ projeet wa reaftir=ed a number one priority One additional CPO Hut wa completed
The firt leave period for the deployment over Thankgiving Holiday wa enjoyed by a large number of peronnel and thoe in camp enjoyed an excellent holiday dinner
cetail Sabana Seca Itarted the Community Center Project
oatail Andro Itarted Repair of Landing Craft Ramp Project
DEC E M B E R
On 11 Oecember the Mid-Deployment party wal enjoyed by the Main Body thOle at detail holding their own partie to celebrate the half way point
Detail Androl tarted the Torpedo Storage Building and completed the repair relocata Ouaywall Humidity Control Wareshyhoue Radar Inltrumentation Building and a till-in job of Rehab Equipment Yard Main Body completed Camp Sidewalk Baketball COurt Repair and Bravo Company Shop Shed Detail Sabana Seca completed the Auto Hobby Shop
The Chriltmal-New Year period wal divided to allow a many peronnel al pobullbullible to get hOMe during the Holiday The clolenell of Homepor t welled the requet The 13-18 ceceaber Type Commander Annual Supply Inpection was held and the grade of outltanding wa amplified with te caveat bet ever Supply Department inspected in ~he Atlantic NCP On 19 Deeember a party wa held by the Battalion for children from the Nauguabo Orphanage with man ponoring each child to provide companionshyIhip during the fetivitiebull
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JANUARY
Work a continud on project at all location -ain Body placed incrbullbullbullbulld emphai on complting BEQ and Leyt Boxer Drive project Some prsonnl r returnd to the mAin body from Andros and Sabana Seca to hlp abullbullure c~~pleshytion of these projectbull
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Prom 6-8 January the Human Reource Availability Survey was conducted gathering data from all peronnel
On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
FEBRUARY
Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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MAR C H
Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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APR I L
April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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3 The entite detathMont force 111 cooiderad to be th heat of aevnl dep1oyeot to Andrae over tbe pot year Their efforta and particttion 10 ttivit at Andre are ppreciated by everyone P1eae ectept nd paaa 00 y puaona1 thao to ncb of thee _0 bullbull the hav tontinuec the long respected trditioNi of cohe Naval Conatruction Forcell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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JANUARY
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On 15-18 January MeB 4 a aboard for their predploymntviit
on 26 January the firt of three two ek Reerve Air Det arrived to contruct project for NAVSTA Support wa requireafrom Alpha Company for quipment and maintenance
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Detail Sabana Seca complted CeramicWOOd Hobby Shop and Antenna it punchlit Detail Andro complted TorpedoStorage Building Commisary project wa halted after preparing new power poles and rough land clearing due to deign error in elevations Clearification wa requeted from LANTDIV via CBLANT
Due to increaed workload the Reaetve Ai r Detachment and ~aterial problema LTJG Johnon and 12 peronnel au~ented Detail GTHO
on 28 February a feedback esion a held from the Human Resource Availability Survey
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
S-2 and
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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R 1518 0 lZ APR 17 fM COMCBLANT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLBIANMCB ONE INfO RUCLBIvCOM TWO ZERO NCR GULfPORT MS OT UNCLAS EFT 0 N0165 0 BRAVO ZULU A NUSC NEWPORT RI LTR SER 752-M OF 29 MAR 77 (NOTAL ) 1 AS YOU RETURN FROM AN AROUOUS DEPLOYMENT I EXTEND l~ Y SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE OffICERS AND MEN Of NMCB ONE f OR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMshyPLISHMENTS DURING THE PAST EIGHT AND ONE HALf MONTHS TtiE PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE BATTALION WERE EVIDENT IN C~~PLETING VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA ITEMS OF PARTICULAR NOTE INCLUDE
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B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ATlANTIC fLEfT WUKlNS lANGE
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Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
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This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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Detail Sabana Seca completed the Community Center project returned to the Main Body and ta~ted the Medical Storage Building Wall Project
Detail Androa completed the Repairs to Landing Craft Ramp
Main Body completed the Tire Shop Additi~n The final push was underway t~ asure completion of BEQ and LeyteStreet8oxer Drive Long hours and extra days were the rule rather than the exception as time and work remaining raced to the finiSh
On 8 March the third Reserve Air Detachment completed their deployment and the program was udged luccessful by all involved
An Air Det Exercise was conducted from 15 to 17 March foll~wed by a Loading Exercise uling a C-141 classified material inspecti~n was held
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April began with the arrival on the first of NMCB 4 advance party and the departure ~f NHCB 1 advance party Turn~ver wal quickly underway and progressed lmoothly
On 4 April a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 356 man BEQ was keynoted by COMLANTNAVTACENGCOM and COMCBLANT and attended by all 8attali~n members Who could be pared from turnover activitiel On 8 April I ribbon cutting ceremony wal held for the Leyte StreetBoxer Drive project Additional projects completed by the main body included the Fuel Dispenling Stati~n and Boiler Room Addition
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A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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R 242146Z MAR 77 FM CoICBuNT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLOHANHCB ONE INFO RUCLBIAjCOH TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS T UNCLAS EFT 0 110 4630 AIR DET EMBARKATION AND STATIC LOADING EXERCISE l I CONSIDERED IT ESPECIALLY IMPORT~~T THAT THE INITIAL USE OF JAATTS IN CONDUCTING ~~ AIR DET EXERCISE BE SUCCESSFUL NNCB ONE PARTICIPATION IN IIUS EXERCISE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL THE EXERCISE WAS OF SIGNIFICAh~ BENEFIT TO THE NCF THE ON-SITE MAC ALCE REPRESENTATIVE EXPRESSED HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION AND INDICATED THAT THE EXERCISE WAS OF GREAT BENEFIT TO THE AIR FORCE AS WELL 2 WELL DONE TO THE MEN AND OFYlCERS OF NMCB ONE CAPT J P JONES JR T
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
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This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
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R 1518 0 lZ APR 17 fM COMCBLANT NORFOLK VA TO RUCLBIANMCB ONE INfO RUCLBIvCOM TWO ZERO NCR GULfPORT MS OT UNCLAS EFT 0 N0165 0 BRAVO ZULU A NUSC NEWPORT RI LTR SER 752-M OF 29 MAR 77 (NOTAL ) 1 AS YOU RETURN FROM AN AROUOUS DEPLOYMENT I EXTEND l~ Y SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE OffICERS AND MEN Of NMCB ONE f OR THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMshyPLISHMENTS DURING THE PAST EIGHT AND ONE HALf MONTHS TtiE PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES OF THE BATTALION WERE EVIDENT IN C~~PLETING VARIOUS PROJECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN AREA ITEMS OF PARTICULAR NOTE INCLUDE
A DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION DISPLAYED IN COMPLETION OP THE 356 MAN BEQ -IlD REPAIR OF LEYTE-80XER DRIVE AT ROOSEVELT ROAOS AS THE LAST BATTALION IN A LONG TIME TO WOM ON THE BEQ PROJECT THE FINAL HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT IS A SIGNIFICANT MEASURE OF YOUR PROFESSIONALISM
B EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION EXPERTISE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET SABANA SECA IN COMPLETING ASSIGNED TASKING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
C PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET ANDROS IN ACCOMPLISHING REQUIRED CONSTRUCTION EFFORT WHILE ESTABLISHING ITshySELf IN THE EYES OF THE NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTampMS CENTER AS THE BEST OF THE SEVERAL NMC8 DETS AS INDICATED BY REF A
D DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP DISPLAYED BY DET VIEQUES IN CONSTRUCTING THE DIXIELAND RADAR UNDER VERY AUSTERE CONDITIONS AND UNDER A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE
E INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRY DISPLAYED BY DET GTMO IN COHPLETINC ASSIGNED TASKING 2 IN THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS DURING YOUR CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT YOU HAVE GREATLY ENHANCED THE SEABEE REPUTAT I ON FOR EXCELLENCE AND CAN 00 SPIRIT WELCOME HOME FOR YOUR RICHLY DESERVED HOMEshyPORT PERIOD AND WELL OONE TO ALL HANDS CAPTAIN JOHEST
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1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ATlANTIC fLEfT WUKlNS lANGE
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To C~anding Officer Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ON
Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
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This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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To C~anding Officer Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ON
Subj Lettr of Appreciation
1 It is with the 9reatest of pleasure that I extend my sincere appreciation to you and to all hands of Naval Mobile construction Battalion ONE for outstanding support provided to the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Trainin9 Facility from 1 August 1976 through 15 April 1977 This support pr~arily involved construction of facilities to accommodate a new range insshytrumentation complex at Cerro Matias Vieques Island P R These facilities included a new buildin9 complete with power generation and diatribution equipments to house the NlKEshyHERCULES (-DIXIELAND-) radar a launch pad for the Surface Launched Modular Guided Glide Bomb (SHARTROC) and a new messing and berthin9 facility Thia unique project will have a direct and positive impact on Pleet combat readinbullbullbullbull The enthuiasm professionalism and cooperative apirit of NHCB-ONE personnel were exemplary Con9ratulations on a jobwell done
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Battalion NHCB ane FPO New York New York 09501
Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
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Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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CHIEFS
CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
UICH A J SYNONIEl CPoe L M IRWIN OPEAATIOS CH IEr
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PROJECTS CHIEF CMe R W WINTERROWD A COMPANY HEAVY SHOP SUPERVISOR PHC J L DUNPHY ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OPFICER MSC P MAESTRE ASSISTANT POOO SERVICE OPFICER OC E F MILLER A COMPANY QUARRYCRUSHER CHIEF swe O J POSKIN COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR oe J O BRASHER bull A COMPANY PROJECT CHI EF UIC C KESTRE CAMP MAINTSHOPS COOROIHATORCMC CC C R ROBERTS ELECTRICIAN PROJECTS CHIEPCAMP
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York Q9S01
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Battalion NHCB ane FPO New York New York 09501
Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
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This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
UICH A J SYNONIEl CPoe L M IRWIN OPEAATIOS CH IEr
NceS R OtrpoundNS COMMAND CAREER COONSELOR Bue R L CUMMINGS middotCmiddot COMPANY CHIEFSEQ CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
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Commanding Officer Naval Mobile Constructi on nell
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Subject Commendation of Naval Construction Battalion One Andros Oetacrn=ent
Dear Sir 24 Harch 1977
Ae the RCA Service Company Hanaqer of Andros Ranges AUTEC Project I would like to thank you and the n of your battalion particulerly the Andros Detachment for the outshytanding upport rendered to the AUTEC Project durinq the lest ten months It ha been a distinct pleasure to have this Oetachtnt here at our Projeet during this period
Their conseientiousnes initiative attention to duty and reepaet for othere has been the subjeet of numerous compliMentary comments by the RCA managers end other responshysible people at AUTEC The diseipline and self- eontrol of the men of the Andro Detachment even when fsced with arduous eireUlUtance ha been remarkable Even though they were expoed to unique ituation in dealing with primarily a civilian corporation under contraet to the United State Government their work and deportment have been of the highet caliber
Socially your men blended i n beautifully with the other people of the AUTEC eommunity and despite crowded condition and liited reereation facilities conducted thenaelves well et all ti~es Their friendline bull bull and participation in AUTEC social ac tivitie s and elf-help proqram will be reabered for a long time
This OetaeluHnt led by Ensign G F Haines ie a eredit t o the tradition of the Sea Bees and the United Stetes Navy
Very truly yours
71 JLdL Wallace J Tubell Manager Andros Range WJTj lw
R lOOUSZ APR 77 FM THREE ZERO NCR OET DIEGO GARCIA TO RUCLDHANMCB ONE WFO RHHMRBOCOMCBPAC MAKALAPA HI RULYSOKCOMCBLANT ~ORFOLK VA RUCLBIACOM TWO ZERO NCR GULFPORT MS BT U~CLAS N01000 ~~B ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA 1 AS THE MEN or NMCB ONE DET DIEGO GARCIA RETUR1 TO HO-lpoundPORT THEY CAN LOOK BACK WITH PRIDE AND SATISFACTION ON A CHALLENGING
OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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OPERATING THE CONCRETE PRECAST or THE TEDIOUS NATURE OF THE
ELEMENTS AND THE LOGISTICAL LASTING CONTRI BUTION TO THE DIEGO GARCIA THAT OESERVES
3 NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTIOti OF A PRECAST FACILITY AND COMPLETION AND PRESERVATION OF ALL PRECAST COMPONENTS OTIlER IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS WERE HADE BY NMeB ONE OET PERSONNEL AUGMENTING KLO CTR HEAVY EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND OTHER VITAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THE DETACHMENT HAS PERPETUATED MeB ONES REPUTATION OF BEING ~THE FIRST AND THE FIiEST~ TO THE KEN OF DET ONE A SINCERE ~WELL OONE~ bull bull bull CAPTAIN OLIVER SENDS BT
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
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G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
UICH A J SYNONIEl CPoe L M IRWIN OPEAATIOS CH IEr
NceS R OtrpoundNS COMMAND CAREER COONSELOR Bue R L CUMMINGS middotCmiddot COMPANY CHIEFSEQ CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
bull I LT J E FARHOOO OC USNR DENTAL OFFICER LT C GRAHM U 6-l AUG 76 LT F P DIGEORGE III CEC USN C- LT R L BROWN Me USNR MEDICAL OFFICER LT W G KOLSTER CEC USN 6-2LT G T TUCKER CEC USNR B- MAR 77 LTJ R F JOHNSON CEC USN B-60IC DET GTMO LTJG G L BUSSING USNR AUG 76-1 LTJG W D COWEY USNR S-11 LTJG w L GRIFFITH CEC USN OIC DET DIECo GARCIA LTJG P A ELLIOTT SC USNR DISBURSINGFOOD SERV I CE
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
UICH A J SYNONIEl CPoe L M IRWIN OPEAATIOS CH IEr
NceS R OtrpoundNS COMMAND CAREER COONSELOR Bue R L CUMMINGS middotCmiddot COMPANY CHIEFSEQ CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
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PROJECTS CHIEF CMe R W WINTERROWD A COMPANY HEAVY SHOP SUPERVISOR PHC J L DUNPHY ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OPFICER MSC P MAESTRE ASSISTANT POOO SERVICE OPFICER OC E F MILLER A COMPANY QUARRYCRUSHER CHIEF swe O J POSKIN COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR oe J O BRASHER bull A COMPANY PROJECT CHI EF UIC C KESTRE CAMP MAINTSHOPS COOROIHATORCMC CC C R ROBERTS ELECTRICIAN PROJECTS CHIEPCAMP
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OFFICERS
RFIORTED COR R G SHIRLEY CEC USN CO COR W A SIMMONS JR CEC USN CO SEI 76 LCDR H F SMITH II CEC USN 0 LCOR J P BUHR SC USN - LCDR B R NOBLES CHC USNR CHAPLAIN LCDR J S MIL CEC USN -3 LT F O PUNCKE JR CEC USN A-LT R K SCHOLZ CEC USNR S- 3A
bull I LT J E FARHOOO OC USNR DENTAL OFFICER LT C GRAHM U 6-l AUG 76 LT F P DIGEORGE III CEC USN C- LT R L BROWN Me USNR MEDICAL OFFICER LT W G KOLSTER CEC USN 6-2LT G T TUCKER CEC USNR B- MAR 77 LTJ R F JOHNSON CEC USN B-60IC DET GTMO LTJG G L BUSSING USNR AUG 76-1 LTJG W D COWEY USNR S-11 LTJG w L GRIFFITH CEC USN OIC DET DIECo GARCIA LTJG P A ELLIOTT SC USNR DISBURSINGFOOD SERV I CE
G F HAIN ES III CEC USN OIC DET ANDROS V J WALTERS CEC USN KLON M D DONNELLY CEC USN B-5B-6 Actioq SIW 76NEN K E CAPRON CEC USN c-s 5~1 76CWO E H WALKE CEC USN S3E
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CUCM E F OIERSEN MCPoe R S TYLER ASSISTT -- COotPAl~Y COltllASDEPOCM
UICH A J SYNONIEl CPoe L M IRWIN OPEAATIOS CH IEr
NceS R OtrpoundNS COMMAND CAREER COONSELOR Bue R L CUMMINGS middotCmiddot COMPANY CHIEFSEQ CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
CHe G W PEITZKAN A COKPANY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR Hues C B SIZEMORE AOIC OET ANDROSOPERATIONS CHIEF sues J T XUISITZA OPERATIONS CHIEF UIC C H LINDAU 8 COMPk~Y CHIEF YNCS A G FEDERICI( H COMPANY CHIEFADMIN CHIEP CC K W HDOCE 8 COMPANY CAMP MAINTENANCE CHIEf CMC C A ROSA H COMPANYSAFETY CHIEF
H C RUrGAN H COMPANYSUPPLY CHIEFcCMe Q J WILSON A COMPANY FIELD MAINT SUPERVISOR CMe 8 W DAVIS AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIA evc J LOCKLAR C COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF PHC J E BEL ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OFFICER 8MC M 8 CURRY CHIEF MASTER AT ARMS GYSGT J D SMITH MARINE ADVISOR oe J E OSWALT A COMPANY OPERATIONS CH IEF OC M L FINCH A COMPANY TRANSPORTATION CHIEF BVC H B MAVS OICAOIC OET GUANTANAHO C J W SIMMONS ENGINEERING CHIEF OC C WEBB A COMPANY PROJECTS CHIEF BUC J T HUTSON AOIC OET ANDROS evc V CICCARELLI TRAI NING CH I EF we P L TAYLOR OIC OET VIEQUESSAFETY CHIEF swe P L GOOCH OIC OET SABANA SECA oe W R MCCLELLAN A COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF UIC M STAPLETON B COMPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe J G BARTLETT A COMPANY AUTOSUPPORT SHOP SUPERVISO SVC R C FITZGERALD OIC OET VIEQUES SVC W D HEFHER BEQ PROJECT SUPERINTENDANT evc G N UtiI C COHPANY PROJECT CHIEF CMe O DODGE AO COMPANY LIGHT SHOP SUPERVISOR SKC P H RIAL SUPPLY CHIEF 1IlltC E J SOMMERS MEDICAL CHIEF evc R D HARPER AOIC OET DIEGO GARCIAC COMPANY
PROJECTS CHIEF CMe R W WINTERROWD A COMPANY HEAVY SHOP SUPERVISOR PHC J L DUNPHY ASSISTANT PERSONNEL OPFICER MSC P MAESTRE ASSISTANT POOO SERVICE OPFICER OC E F MILLER A COMPANY QUARRYCRUSHER CHIEF swe O J POSKIN COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR oe J O BRASHER bull A COMPANY PROJECT CHI EF UIC C KESTRE CAMP MAINTSHOPS COOROIHATORCMC CC C R ROBERTS ELECTRICIAN PROJECTS CHIEPCAMP
MAINTENANCE CHIEF SVC C H DANIELS middotCmiddot COMPANY BEQ PROJECT SCHEOULER
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