- Diego Garcia - NHHC
The remote coral atoll of Diego Garcia is the largest of sixty small islands forming the Chagos Archipelago located just south of the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean European exploration of the Indian Ocean was spear headed by the Portuguese when Vasco da Gama completed his initial voyage to India in 1499 This, together with the voyages of Columbus (1492 – 1504), opened the way
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 - NHHC
In June 1976, the Kangroos arrived on Diego Garcia, marking the first time since the Vietnam conflict that the battalion deployed as a complete unit The major construction effort on Diego Garcia was the extension of the existing airfield and expansion of the parking apron Twice during the deployment, in August and again in November, battalion
- Reindeer Station (Diego Garcia) - NHHC
The Diego Garcia base was initially planned as an austere communication station with all necessary supporting facilities, including an airstrip On 23 January 1971 a nine-man reconnaissance party from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 landed on the atoll to confirm planning information and carry out a preliminary survey of the beach
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 - NHHC
In 1979, NMCB FIVE deployed to Diego Garcia for the construction of this critical naval base in the middle of the Indian Ocean For their activities, the men of FIVE were awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal In April 1986, FIVE responded to an emergency contingency operation following the
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62, Deployment Completion . . . - NHHC
3 With the redeployment of NMCS-62 from Diugo Garcia to Gulfport, MS, the last chapter in the illustrious history of Seabee ronstructlon on Diego Garcia has been writLen As the last Resident Battalion on Diego Garcia, our mission WdS to i:omplote all NCF projects, retro9-rade all ex
- lt;p gt;Diego Garcia Fleet Moorings Project lt; p gt; - NHHC
Project Name: Diego Garcia Fleet Moorings Project Author: Don Wells, Ed Morris Organizations People Involved: CHESDIV FPO-1: Ed Spencer, Lead; LCDR Ed Morris, OIC, LCDR Mike Praskiewicz, Larry Mendlow, others; NCEL, PWC San Diego, PWC Subic Bay, UCT-2, OCP SEACON and St Juliens Creek (OCEI), Combat Camera Crew, Tracor Marine
- Seabee History - After Vietnam - NHHC
The Diego Garcia base was initially planned as an austere communication station with all necessary supporting facilities, including an airstrip On 23 January 1971 a nine-man reconnaissance party from landed on the atoll to confirm planning information and carry out a preliminary survey of the beach landing areas
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 62 - NHHC
November 1981 - July 1982 Deployed to Diego Garcia, BlOT January - September 1983 --Deployed to Guam, the Mariana Islands May - November 1984 --Deployed t o Puerto Rico June - December 1985 --Deployed t o Okinawa , Japan July 1986 - February 1987 --Deployed to Rota , Spain
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