From right, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's

From right, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's Yokosuka, Japan, Detachment officer in charge Navy Ensign Karl Coulson assumes command from departing NMCB 5 officer in charge Navy Ensign Joseph Madge during a battalion turnover ceremony. The Seabees from NMCB 3 located in Yokosuka will continue the construction of two pre-engineered buildings used to provide government employees with new office spaces, showers and break areas, and families at a nearby housing complex with a youth recreation facility. One of the first battalions commissioned during World War II, NMCB 3's legacy stands strong in its ability to build and fight anywhere in the world as either a full battalion or as a group of autonomous detachments, simultaneously completing critical engineering and construction missions. For this deployment, NMCB 3 has split into nine detachments to perform critical construction projects in remote island areas such as Timor-Leste, Tonga, Cambodia and the Philippines. The teams will also conduct operations in Atsugi, Yokosuka and Okinawa, Japan, Chinhae, South Korea and China Lake, Calif. The naval construction force is a vital component of the U.S. maritime strategy. They provide deployable battalions capable of providing disaster preparation and recovery support, humanitarian assistance and combat operations support. NMCB 3 provides combatant commanders and Navy component commanders with combat-ready warfighters capable of general engineering, construction and limited combat engineering across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Facilities Far East Public Affairs/RELEASED)