Mount-Out Exercise - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

150317-N-SD120-027 OKINAWA, Japan (March 17, 2015) Logistics Specialist 1st Class William Thomas inspects Engineering Aide Constructionman Talkeetna Setuckmarie’s deployment gear during Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5’s Mount-Out Exercise (MOX). The MOX tests the ability for a battalion to deploy personnel, materials and equipment within a 48 hour period. NMCB 5 is currently deployed to Japan and several countries in the Pacific area of operations conducting construction operations and humanitarian assistance projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John P. Curtis/Released)