NMCB 5 Seabee turnover Camp Shields to NMCB 3

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OKINAWA, Japan (August 29, 2015) Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and NMCB 3 attach a hose from a water truck to a water pump while testing the equipment for the battalion evaluation equipment program (BEEP) on Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan. The BEEP is the formal turnover of all civil engineer support equipment (CESE) between two Seabee battalions when turning over a deployment site. After a seven month deployment, NMCB 5 is turning over all of their missions in the U.S. Pacific Command to NMCB 3. Both battalions are homeported in Port Hueneme, Calif. While deployed NMCB 5 was headquartered on Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan and sent Seabees to work on 41 construction projects in 12 countries. The Seabees built bridges in remote areas and built or renovated 20 schools and four health clinics in Timor Leste, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Cambodia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John P. Curtis/Released)