NMCB FIVE THE PROFESSIONALS

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I bull CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION REPORT

OCTOBER 1989 - MAY 1990

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US NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FIVf FPO SAN FRJgtNCISCO CALIFORNIA INOl~961

CommampJ1d1nc Otf lcel Naval Mobilbull Constluation Battalion FIVE OiatllbuUon

Subj DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION REPORT

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la) (b)

(a) (d)

I I l (2 ) (3 ) ( 4) (5 ) (6 ) l7 l (8) ( II )

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COMCBPACCOMCBLAlMlNST 3121 l A COMCBLANl OPORDEII 81112 Oul Hugo lite Action Beport Oul Watel Well Oet Af tel Action lJtpolt

Executive SulMIAlY Unit Location Summary Btbulltollcal SIJllllamply AdmJnUtlation Tra1n1nc OptlaUons Supply and LoCbullbulltlca Equtpbullnt Camp lilalntenanoe Special Operations

I Enalobullurea ( I I through ( IOJ Albull tolwaPded per reference (al

lttd bullbull bullbull 0

93 ted 08 Aug 110

2 ln accordance with reference (b) US Naval Mobile ConatlUCtlon Battalion FIVE deployed to Caap Moscrip Boosevtlt Roads Puerto Rico dur1namp the period 22 Septtaber 11180 to 2 May 111110 with Ottalls deployed to Raval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba Naval Air Station Bermuda AUTEC Andros Island Babaaas Naval St ation llod111An Pana Canal Naval Ammunition Faa1l1ty V1equea Island Puerto Rico Naval Support Facility Antigua and Naval Support Facility Thurmont Ml

3 Relelence (cl ls the After Action Repolt t or d1aaatel lecovery efloltl at Naval Station Charleston South Calol1na Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Naval A un1t1on Facility V1equee lbullland and Naval Suppolt Facility Allt t tua durinC the period ol 22 Stptellher to Ill Oatobeio lllampD In tbt wake ot Hurllaane Huampo

4 Reference Id) Ibull tbe Altel Action Report for the Wat1r Well 01taah1111nt a partic1pat1on 1n poundxera111 Fuelttbull Comlnoa raquoortt In Honduras poundnclo1ur1 (10) providebull a aulllMampJy

Dutrlbulion CliO IOP-4461 COMllAVFACENOCOM (Code 06) COMCRPAC 12 oopitbulll COMCBLAraquoT ( 2 copltbull) CECOS COM lltt NCR NllCB FOOR

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The plan for the atart of DS Waval Mobilbull Construction Battalion FIVEbull Caribbean deployaent quickly chanampbulld when Bur7icanbull Hugo bulltruck Puerto Rico on 18 September 1989 Juet daybull before the Advance Party aoheduled to depart On 20 Septeaber Juet t~ daybull after the Rurrlcant bJt our firbullL contingent 1111unted out to Puerto Rico to bullssibullL in diae1ter reccvery effort We eventually nnt out five bullbullpampJate groupbull within en eiampbt day period all on bullhort notice includinamp en Air Detech nt to bulllbullt bullaval Station Charleston recover frobull the Hurricane Thibull bulllbullo included an middotEabarkmiddot weekend where two aeparate amproups with S00000 lbs of toolbull and MOSE equp nt deployed By iovember 1Q8D over tOOO aandays of e rgency repair end rbullbulltoration work bad been accoapli1hed in the Caribbean and Charleston The Hurricanes impact continued to be fel~ for the remainder of the deployaent at the 111in body altbull et Naval Station Booaevelt Boad1 Puerto Bico and at the Detail sitebull of Vleque1 l1lend Puerto Blco and Antigua Proj ect tampsklng had Lo be signifigantly changed to accoapliah long Lera reconetruction proJtctbull Supply bed to deal with a1gntfampant mater1al proble~ associated with the new tasking while rebulldlnamp a destroyed MUgt operation receiving and lbullauing over bull1 million of rgenoy relief supplies and retrograding 135 piecebull of loaned disaster recovery equipant and components Caap Moscrip bad to be rebuilt Other Detailbull at Guantane1111 Bay Cuba Bermuda and Androa lalanda Baha1111a were amplao effected due to tbe need to reduce their manning to tllow the ma1n body to acco1111gtliab the lnc~e ed tasking oau1ed by the stora Detailbull Thur1111nt Maryland and Panaaa were not directly tlfected however Detail Panama found ta own opportunity to reaqt t o emergency requireJDampnta when Operation middotJubullt Caubullemiddot the DS Invasion of Panama bit on 20 Decellber 1989 The 35 man detail and a 19 man augment flown In to abullbullibullt provided perlaeter 1eourity battle damage repair and physical security improve1111nta for Naval Station Panama during bobulltlltiea A twenty 111n well drilling team deployed to Honduras froa I Milrch to 7 April 1990 to support Exeralbulle Fuertes Caminos Morte completinamp three wells and repairing a fourth despite hoat1litlea directed et the Detail and attackbull on tbe perimeter of the main base camp Daaplte the Intense pace of deployment and the frequent involvement in dangerous operations we suffeled no faolltiea or dUabling inJuriea and held the number o loal mand1y1 to well btlow our goal In all over 38000 mandiya ol conatructton were perfor1111d in support of CINC~ANTFtT It wa1 a deployment that teated our crisis re1ponse capability dls ter recovery combat operations 1111billly and proJect management bullkills Lo the fullest

Adai~~~~ middot WMCB FIVEbull Adminibulltratlve Departaent provldtd aupport to tbt battalion in personnel legal medical dental rellamploue programs drug and alcohol abuae prevention special services postal aervtcea public affairs career coun1ellng and educational services eoreation facilities at Camp Jiloacrlp were the l1rat restored alter the Hurricane Battalion proamprams were expanded to include all Roo1avelt Boada laval complex aerviceaeabera and dependentbull provJdinamp much needed dl veralon1 for al L The Battalion wu awarded the Oolden Anchol awald for Flbullcal Year 1989 See encloaure (4)

IttlJling Con1tructlon training aocobullpliabed through on-the-Job training and technical aklll oluae1 et the coapany level Oeneral allltary tramplninamp llampJl covered on four 1eparatt tralnlnamp Saturdaya Hurricane Hugo resulted in a amaller deployed field exercise thanbullbullbull originally planned bui ampdequate weapons and coabet 1kllls

Enclosure (ll

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Flom To

DEPA RTM E N T OF T H E N AVY

US NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FIVf FPO SAN FRJgtNCISCO CALIFORNIA INOl~961

CommampJ1d1nc Otf lcel Naval Mobilbull Constluation Battalion FIVE OiatllbuUon

Subj DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION REPORT

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Encl

la) (b)

(a) (d)

I I l (2 ) (3 ) ( 4) (5 ) (6 ) l7 l (8) ( II )

I HJI

COMCBPACCOMCBLAlMlNST 3121 l A COMCBLANl OPORDEII 81112 Oul Hugo lite Action Beport Oul Watel Well Oet Af tel Action lJtpolt

Executive SulMIAlY Unit Location Summary Btbulltollcal SIJllllamply AdmJnUtlation Tra1n1nc OptlaUons Supply and LoCbullbulltlca Equtpbullnt Camp lilalntenanoe Special Operations

I Enalobullurea ( I I through ( IOJ Albull tolwaPded per reference (al

lttd bullbull bullbull 0

93 ted 08 Aug 110

2 ln accordance with reference (b) US Naval Mobile ConatlUCtlon Battalion FIVE deployed to Caap Moscrip Boosevtlt Roads Puerto Rico dur1namp the period 22 Septtaber 11180 to 2 May 111110 with Ottalls deployed to Raval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba Naval Air Station Bermuda AUTEC Andros Island Babaaas Naval St ation llod111An Pana Canal Naval Ammunition Faa1l1ty V1equea Island Puerto Rico Naval Support Facility Antigua and Naval Support Facility Thurmont Ml

3 Relelence (cl ls the After Action Repolt t or d1aaatel lecovery efloltl at Naval Station Charleston South Calol1na Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Naval A un1t1on Facility V1equee lbullland and Naval Suppolt Facility Allt t tua durinC the period ol 22 Stptellher to Ill Oatobeio lllampD In tbt wake ot Hurllaane Huampo

4 Reference Id) Ibull tbe Altel Action Report for the Wat1r Well 01taah1111nt a partic1pat1on 1n poundxera111 Fuelttbull Comlnoa raquoortt In Honduras poundnclo1ur1 (10) providebull a aulllMampJy

Dutrlbulion CliO IOP-4461 COMllAVFACENOCOM (Code 06) COMCRPAC 12 oopitbulll COMCBLAraquoT ( 2 copltbull) CECOS COM lltt NCR NllCB FOOR

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The plan for the atart of DS Waval Mobilbull Construction Battalion FIVEbull Caribbean deployaent quickly chanampbulld when Bur7icanbull Hugo bulltruck Puerto Rico on 18 September 1989 Juet daybull before the Advance Party aoheduled to depart On 20 Septeaber Juet t~ daybull after the Rurrlcant bJt our firbullL contingent 1111unted out to Puerto Rico to bullssibullL in diae1ter reccvery effort We eventually nnt out five bullbullpampJate groupbull within en eiampbt day period all on bullhort notice includinamp en Air Detech nt to bulllbullt bullaval Station Charleston recover frobull the Hurricane Thibull bulllbullo included an middotEabarkmiddot weekend where two aeparate amproups with S00000 lbs of toolbull and MOSE equp nt deployed By iovember 1Q8D over tOOO aandays of e rgency repair end rbullbulltoration work bad been accoapli1hed in the Caribbean and Charleston The Hurricanes impact continued to be fel~ for the remainder of the deployaent at the 111in body altbull et Naval Station Booaevelt Boad1 Puerto Bico and at the Detail sitebull of Vleque1 l1lend Puerto Blco and Antigua Proj ect tampsklng had Lo be signifigantly changed to accoapliah long Lera reconetruction proJtctbull Supply bed to deal with a1gntfampant mater1al proble~ associated with the new tasking while rebulldlnamp a destroyed MUgt operation receiving and lbullauing over bull1 million of rgenoy relief supplies and retrograding 135 piecebull of loaned disaster recovery equipant and components Caap Moscrip bad to be rebuilt Other Detailbull at Guantane1111 Bay Cuba Bermuda and Androa lalanda Baha1111a were amplao effected due to tbe need to reduce their manning to tllow the ma1n body to acco1111gtliab the lnc~e ed tasking oau1ed by the stora Detailbull Thur1111nt Maryland and Panaaa were not directly tlfected however Detail Panama found ta own opportunity to reaqt t o emergency requireJDampnta when Operation middotJubullt Caubullemiddot the DS Invasion of Panama bit on 20 Decellber 1989 The 35 man detail and a 19 man augment flown In to abullbullibullt provided perlaeter 1eourity battle damage repair and physical security improve1111nta for Naval Station Panama during bobulltlltiea A twenty 111n well drilling team deployed to Honduras froa I Milrch to 7 April 1990 to support Exeralbulle Fuertes Caminos Morte completinamp three wells and repairing a fourth despite hoat1litlea directed et the Detail and attackbull on tbe perimeter of the main base camp Daaplte the Intense pace of deployment and the frequent involvement in dangerous operations we suffeled no faolltiea or dUabling inJuriea and held the number o loal mand1y1 to well btlow our goal In all over 38000 mandiya ol conatructton were perfor1111d in support of CINC~ANTFtT It wa1 a deployment that teated our crisis re1ponse capability dls ter recovery combat operations 1111billly and proJect management bullkills Lo the fullest

Adai~~~~ middot WMCB FIVEbull Adminibulltratlve Departaent provldtd aupport to tbt battalion in personnel legal medical dental rellamploue programs drug and alcohol abuae prevention special services postal aervtcea public affairs career coun1ellng and educational services eoreation facilities at Camp Jiloacrlp were the l1rat restored alter the Hurricane Battalion proamprams were expanded to include all Roo1avelt Boada laval complex aerviceaeabera and dependentbull provJdinamp much needed dl veralon1 for al L The Battalion wu awarded the Oolden Anchol awald for Flbullcal Year 1989 See encloaure (4)

IttlJling Con1tructlon training aocobullpliabed through on-the-Job training and technical aklll oluae1 et the coapany level Oeneral allltary tramplninamp llampJl covered on four 1eparatt tralnlnamp Saturdaya Hurricane Hugo resulted in a amaller deployed field exercise thanbullbullbull originally planned bui ampdequate weapons and coabet 1kllls

Enclosure (ll

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The plan for the atart of DS Waval Mobilbull Construction Battalion FIVEbull Caribbean deployaent quickly chanampbulld when Bur7icanbull Hugo bulltruck Puerto Rico on 18 September 1989 Juet daybull before the Advance Party aoheduled to depart On 20 Septeaber Juet t~ daybull after the Rurrlcant bJt our firbullL contingent 1111unted out to Puerto Rico to bullssibullL in diae1ter reccvery effort We eventually nnt out five bullbullpampJate groupbull within en eiampbt day period all on bullhort notice includinamp en Air Detech nt to bulllbullt bullaval Station Charleston recover frobull the Hurricane Thibull bulllbullo included an middotEabarkmiddot weekend where two aeparate amproups with S00000 lbs of toolbull and MOSE equp nt deployed By iovember 1Q8D over tOOO aandays of e rgency repair end rbullbulltoration work bad been accoapli1hed in the Caribbean and Charleston The Hurricanes impact continued to be fel~ for the remainder of the deployaent at the 111in body altbull et Naval Station Booaevelt Boad1 Puerto Bico and at the Detail sitebull of Vleque1 l1lend Puerto Blco and Antigua Proj ect tampsklng had Lo be signifigantly changed to accoapliah long Lera reconetruction proJtctbull Supply bed to deal with a1gntfampant mater1al proble~ associated with the new tasking while rebulldlnamp a destroyed MUgt operation receiving and lbullauing over bull1 million of rgenoy relief supplies and retrograding 135 piecebull of loaned disaster recovery equipant and components Caap Moscrip bad to be rebuilt Other Detailbull at Guantane1111 Bay Cuba Bermuda and Androa lalanda Baha1111a were amplao effected due to tbe need to reduce their manning to tllow the ma1n body to acco1111gtliab the lnc~e ed tasking oau1ed by the stora Detailbull Thur1111nt Maryland and Panaaa were not directly tlfected however Detail Panama found ta own opportunity to reaqt t o emergency requireJDampnta when Operation middotJubullt Caubullemiddot the DS Invasion of Panama bit on 20 Decellber 1989 The 35 man detail and a 19 man augment flown In to abullbullibullt provided perlaeter 1eourity battle damage repair and physical security improve1111nta for Naval Station Panama during bobulltlltiea A twenty 111n well drilling team deployed to Honduras froa I Milrch to 7 April 1990 to support Exeralbulle Fuertes Caminos Morte completinamp three wells and repairing a fourth despite hoat1litlea directed et the Detail and attackbull on tbe perimeter of the main base camp Daaplte the Intense pace of deployment and the frequent involvement in dangerous operations we suffeled no faolltiea or dUabling inJuriea and held the number o loal mand1y1 to well btlow our goal In all over 38000 mandiya ol conatructton were perfor1111d in support of CINC~ANTFtT It wa1 a deployment that teated our crisis re1ponse capability dls ter recovery combat operations 1111billly and proJect management bullkills Lo the fullest

Adai~~~~ middot WMCB FIVEbull Adminibulltratlve Departaent provldtd aupport to tbt battalion in personnel legal medical dental rellamploue programs drug and alcohol abuae prevention special services postal aervtcea public affairs career coun1ellng and educational services eoreation facilities at Camp Jiloacrlp were the l1rat restored alter the Hurricane Battalion proamprams were expanded to include all Roo1avelt Boada laval complex aerviceaeabera and dependentbull provJdinamp much needed dl veralon1 for al L The Battalion wu awarded the Oolden Anchol awald for Flbullcal Year 1989 See encloaure (4)

IttlJling Con1tructlon training aocobullpliabed through on-the-Job training and technical aklll oluae1 et the coapany level Oeneral allltary tramplninamp llampJl covered on four 1eparatt tralnlnamp Saturdaya Hurricane Hugo resulted in a amaller deployed field exercise thanbullbullbull originally planned bui ampdequate weapons and coabet 1kllls

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tra1nJn waa covered throub cl~bullbullbull and field work on Vlequel Ialand Phyalcal Fltne11 11aininC Wamp1 held three tJeea per k See encloaWe (5)

QRcta1iGDImiddot Flexibility and respon1lvene11 were the watchwordbull or Operationbull thibull deployment For example Detail Viaquebull personnel and CESE a11igned tripled from that originally planned and a new quarry cobullplete with rock crusher relocated frobull Roosevelt Roada waa placed into operation Hurricane Hugo forced a complete revision or Battalion tasking and 1111de the 111ampteriala end of thbull conatruotlon buaine11 more important than ever In all 1afely completed 38000 mandaya of high quality work on dlbull~tbullr recovery t~ked proJecta CObull d1acret1onary and Camp Maintenance See encloaure 15)

EJlxn~tic One ot the biggeat 1mpact1 of Hurricane Hugo waa to aupply Material and food storage warehouser ~re deatroyed the Galley was damaged expected stored materials tor projeota and oamp maintenance were either destroyed or uaed for diaaater relief During Initial dl1a1ter recovtry e1forta the galley served over 2000 mealbull per day to recovery workerbull over two tiea the normal volume The Supply Department dld a tremendous Job of quickly gettinamp all aupply functionbull back on their feet See enclosure (7)

EAlliRltlll middot Tbe Conatruction Mechanicbull ot Alfa COllJgtlftY worked overt1- throughout the deployment to restore overworked equipment and an equipment yard badly damaged by the Hurricane Beoauae or the Hurrlcane a middotrunningmiddot BEEP waa required to keep dlaaater recovery operat1on1 going wh1le turnover wall aooompliabed All equipmen~ waa in uae lnoluding what had been live atorage and the 100 pieces ot augment CESE flown In to help made ror long boura In tbt ahopa Equipment support waa out1tanding ava1lahillty and condition improved steadily throuthoui the deployaent and over 100 pieces of CESE were re turned to live atorage hy deployment completion Su encloaure (8)

Ca~-~~~middot Over 2800 ndoaybull o cilrect l abor W9re usad to rebuild and upgrade Camp Moscrip An uphill battle was fought identifying and procuring materialbull to establiab a apeclflc project backlog after dlaater recovery efforts conaumed all stored aater1albull At deploy nt completion over 700 11ampnday1 of backloamp middot~ establlahed and material bad started to arrive See enclosure COi

~~_Qprat10121 A full A1r Detach nt reaponded to Naval Sta~lon Cbarleatons needa In the wake of Hurricane Hugo A Wel l Drilling team participated in Exercise Fuertes Caminos Norte in Honduraa A 10 man augment team was sent to Panama during Operation middotJust Causemiddot See encloaurea CG) and (IOI

2 Encloaure (I)

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llIJT LOCampTIOM SDMMbullBY

ABBIVAL DATE TYPE UJJIT bull AV OllBOABD DEPARTUJIE l1isectHlill11 Q[flfJfl LQCAIIOll DAEJLSllpound MlSSIOll UI DetacbM11t 1811 iAVSTA Chu-lebullt011 25SEP811-120CTllO DbuteP iecOYll)

Ma i n Body 17347 RR PueltO Rico 211SEP811-2MAYllO Co111tluctionTlalnini1 Dlaabulltal Recovely

Det Olt- 255 01 tmo Bay Cuba 30SEP811-2MA YllO ConatluctionTlgtalning

bull Det Andi Os 138 AndlOI h I and 30SEP811-30AJgtRllO ConbulltructionTranng

Det Btlmuda 137 Bnauda 29SEP811-IMAYllO ConbulltructonTlalning

Det Panama 031 llVSr Panama 211SV811-IMAYllO ConatluctionTlalning

Det Viequu 035 ViequH l1land 29SEP811-21lYllO ConstluctlonTlainlng Di1a1lel aeeovtlY

Det Antigua 017 llAVSUPFAC Ant igw 30SEP811- UIAYllO Constr~ctloTlainlng

Disaster Recovery

Det Thurmont 0111 llSF TbUJmont MD 20C1811-18APRllO Conbull tJuct lonTla ln lng

Pa11a111a Autmbullnt 0119 NAVSTA PanampJlla 28DEC811-llW90 PW A11l1tanceBat tle Damage Repair

We ll Det 120 Cusp Del lela1 UWlll0-7 APRllO DFl HondUJu

Fleet Support 0116 Port Hueneme 2MAY90-30SEP90 Support to Deployed Pel1onnel Btt tal 1on

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22 Sep

24 Sep

2 Sep

21l Sep

30 Sap

11 Oct

11-13 Oct

12 Oct

1e Oct

30 Oct-5 Nov

2 Nov

10- 20 llov

12- 13 Nov

16-21 llov

18 llov

27 Nov-I Dec

7-9 Dec

HlSTOalCAL SUIOIARY

EiEVUCOMMElllS

LT Snow and e nine 111amp11 planning and estiaating deteil arrivbull at Camp Moscrip to assist llllCB SEVEll in bullbullbullbullbullbullinamp damage done by Hurricane Hugo

OTC Titus and 32 man detail arrivbull at Caap llobullcrip to assibullt in Hurricane recovery work primarily utility ayste11amp repair

Det Antigua advanced party departbull to assibullt In hurricane raoovary work

LT McXinley and Sil aampn Air Detacbment deploy to llaval Babullbull Charleaton South Carolina to asaibullt In hurricane recovery effort

LCDB Siaith and an Advance Party ot 205 men arrive at Camp Moscrip

ENS Haupt tlie1 to St Croix to act amp6 lllilitAry enginbuller ltalbullon on Disattbullr A111atanca Survey Teaa working with the Federal poundaer1ency Managemtnt Agency

CDB Walth and CUCM Nelton arrive at Camp Moscrip vla Charleston EraquoS Haupt returnbull from St Croix

CDB Anderson COMCBLAJlI Chief ot Stat on rite

LT McKinley and Air Detachment arrive trom Charleston South Carolina

NMCB FIVE complete1 turnover and relievea llMCB SEVEN a1 the resident battalion in tbe Caribbean LCDB Schwind and 82 man mainbody arrive at Ca11p Moscrip

LT Socba COMCBLANT DAST representative departbull

LCDR Rand LT Kabler BUCS Wilktraon tram COMCBLANT on site tor management abullbullibullt visit

CDR Walsh CUCM Nelson LT Manning SWCS Gabullkinbull LT Bobertbull SWC Woore vibullit Det Antiampua

Ml Takabtra lfr amp lbltbull Cralg lfr Winn CESO rep1 on board tor SAMMS Automotive Repair Partbull conversion and loading OPTAB procrbullbull on S4 coaputtra

CDB Walsh CUCM Nelson LCDR Saith vlait Det Gitao

CDB Walsh COCM Nelson LCDR Smith visit Detailbull Androa Berauda and PanampJ11amp Security Alert in PanaJIamp

782 Gbullar inspbullction

BUC Smith 20th NCR R-70 on board for MLO asai1t vialt

Field Exerclabull FEXI LCDR Schwind LCDR Kline LT lllanning SICS Gaskins PNCS Garia NCC Jackaon vibullit dat Panama

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II llec

11-13 Dec

11-14 Dee

12-15 Dec

13 Dec

18-22 Dec

20-21 Dec

21 Dec

27 Dec

28 Dec - l Jan

28 Dec

29 Dec

4 Jan

4-6 Jan

7middot10 Jan

II J an

12- 23 Ju

14-16 J an

18 Jan

18 Jan

25-28 Jan

4-10 Feb

11-15 Feb

13 Feb

L1JG Sa1ex lprobullpbullc~1ve S3AI repor~bull on boerd

LCDB Xllne LT Manning S~8 Gaalllna PraquoCS Oar1e vi 1 t detbull lrldroa and BerllUda

CDI lllalsb CUClll raquobullhon vid t CBLAtlI Det Thurmont

lT Keh hr from COICBLAllT vi bulli tbull for 41 day rev itbull lT Rey (p~obullpective CG ud Airde t OCl reports onboamprd

CESE Dllll

UCCM Bro r Seabe1 Force llla1ter Chief on site

Operatlon middotJu1t Ceusemiddot co~ncebull in Penama Golden Anchor Award ennouncement

RADlll Mor lamprty COMFA IRCAJUB vi1lta verious Job1 lte1

CO v11it1 Det Pen

O me n (4 CMbull end 5 trra) depart aampinhody to eugment the RAVSTA Penama Public Worka Depamprt men t during Operation bullJust Causemiddot bull

10 11en (3 EOs 2 SWa and I CEsl depert ma1nbody to ampUjmen t tbe NAVSTA Panama Public Workbull Department during Opera tion middotJust Caue middot

lT Snow depamprtbull mainbody t c relieve lT Clau1e ampa Det Bermuda OIC

RADlll Doebler COlllAJITraquoAVFACENGCOlll on altt

Cap t Rill CBPAC Force Chaplain on 1ite

CDR Walsh CUCM Ntl1on and Sic lloo~1 Visit Dbullt Be~audi

5 Mampn detail from RJllllCB 17 arrive to aaciat in conatruction effort Tb1a wabull the fir1t of five BNCF detailbull t otal linamp 200 me n

LCDB Schwlnd lTJG Flenner LT OConnor and OYSOT Cave at lend bo port traininamp con ference

CDB Sabbatini and Party on site for raquo1laquo8 FOUR prtdtployment vlalt

LT Cl1u1t (depart ing Det 8arllJd1 OIC) dtlachea

LT Mampnnlng (depar ting AG) detachbullbull middot

Co111111dore Green (COlllCBLAtlI) and CUClll John1on (For ce Master Chi ef) on altt

CDB ltlalab and CUClll Ne11on villlt Detalla Androa and Oitmo

Mr Boenov C8LAJlI Safety Officer on alte for Safety Dia

CDB Rodrigue~ LT Kabler and Senior Chief Wi lkbullrbullon on s ite t or OPS Dill

2 Enclosure (3)

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1-2 Mar

l Mar

3-4 Kar

3 llu

12-17 Mar

14-17

15 Mar

1 Cl-18 llampr

17 23 Ila

18-20 ~

2 I - 2 Cl lllAr

20-31 llu

Apr

7 Apl

18 Apl

30 Apr

2 Kay

Detail OICbull at Caap Moacrip for OIC Conference

lllS DaArau and 17 aan Water-11 detach-nt depart for HondWH

RADII Boiser (COMRllCF) viaitbull Puerto Rico

llAVSTA Seabee Ball

CDR Kallberg (CO IUIMCB 27) visitbull Puerto Rico

LCDR Smith NCC Jackaon SIC lloore and CJI Hubel viait Detail Belauda

LTJG Lala (Prospective MLO ) reports on boald

CDR Walab and CUCM lelbullon visit Antigua

Well Detailbull aggeaaed

RADII Buffington (OP-H and ploapective COllCBPACI and Underaecretaly of the ampavy Howald on site

CAPT Tuthill (C07IUICR) vlal~bull Puelto Rico

CDR Walah LCDR Smitb CMC Rubel and SKI Geyel visit Panaaa Oltmo and Water Well Del in Honduraa

CO and CllC vl1lt Andlabull and Thurmont

Water Well detachment ltturna from Hondulaa

Advance Party DepaHa NMCB FOUR a AP ampJli vu tulnovu wt th NMCB FOUll b1gln1

Turnover with NMCB FOUR complete

llainbody departs

3 Enc 1 oa ure (3)

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a ~bltJILll1a Airline 11-anaportation (PCS and TEJUJgt)

Dl1C11ampaloa Local SATO of fice experienced aome difficulty providing rapid rtaponae t o ahort-fuatd requtbullta Towerda end of deployment the battalion Perbullonnel Chief perbullonally bandied all llalaon bull 1th SATO to enaurt bullatibullfactory reaulta I t should bt noted tha t even with amp11pl e lead ti il Ibull dtlticult to arrange for travel to and between detail dtu due to scheduling limi tationa

~LJlllbullt Develop a positive working rtlationabip with SATO off ice early on and attempt to bulld in maximua lead ti bull on all reque~tbull Contact raquoaval Station Air Operat ionbull Department during Initial dtploynt period t o coordinate uae of C-12 aircratt th11 proved to bt the beat arrangement for tranbullportation to detail bullilea when available

b froblbulllllllit~ First Cl1U1bull mail ing of 0 The Hardhat middot

Di1cus1ign The IAVSTA Poat Office unilaterally decided to sail 0 Rardhatsbull bulk rate abull opposed to First Claaa The middotaardhatamiddot that we~e received arr ived 110ntha l a te aoat not at all Vocal lia ison with the Pobull~ Office ultiaately corrected the problem

BAcammendaJ1011 middot Eulit In deployHnt tnaure that the raquoAVSTA Poat Office confi rms that 1110nthly publicationbull will bt tMlled Flral Claaa

fpoundBSOliNELL6DlilB

The office 1pacea are adequate and tht aupport1~C equipment ta in good condition The copy 111Schlne ibull new and quite reliable Service on computers req~irebull an Inordinate a110unt of time therefore red iatr ibution of llicroshycomputers waa required on several occaaaiona OED teattng wa1 an taaue tor a maJority of the deployment However Naval Station l ncrea1ed its ataft and by the end of dtploymtnt all MMCB FVi personnel without a high achoo diplo had received or been teated for their OED

Three SCJgtOs slxtttn CPObull and one OYSOT (IOOl ot tlmt-in-rate bullllampible) competed for advancement to EQ pound8 ont was aetecttd for llCPO two tor SCPO and one tor liGYSOT

Forty-tour POIbull (1001 of time-in-rate tlglble) participated In CPO txaainatlon tnty-ntne re board eligible and twelve were bullelected tor advance111tnt

2amp8 of 287 ti -Ln-rat e ellCibl t personnel re fully qual1t1ed for participation in lhe March J9QO exallllnation 283 were teated (reinalnlng three aepamp1attd or were on separation l eave) and QQ were selected for advancement 58 to P03 37 to P02 and bull t o POI raquotar 1001 (QQ 7 - 330 of 331) qualification

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bull

bull

AlllllllllSllAlOll

I LbullHGDLWtDld

a ~bltJILll1a Airline 11-anaportation (PCS and TEJUJgt)

Dl1C11ampaloa Local SATO of fice experienced aome difficulty providing rapid rtaponae t o ahort-fuatd requtbullta Towerda end of deployment the battalion Perbullonnel Chief perbullonally bandied all llalaon bull 1th SATO to enaurt bullatibullfactory reaulta I t should bt noted tha t even with amp11pl e lead ti il Ibull dtlticult to arrange for travel to and between detail dtu due to scheduling limi tationa

~LJlllbullt Develop a positive working rtlationabip with SATO off ice early on and attempt to bulld in maximua lead ti bull on all reque~tbull Contact raquoaval Station Air Operat ionbull Department during Initial dtploynt period t o coordinate uae of C-12 aircratt th11 proved to bt the beat arrangement for tranbullportation to detail bullilea when available

b froblbulllllllit~ First Cl1U1bull mail ing of 0 The Hardhat middot

Di1cus1ign The IAVSTA Poat Office unilaterally decided to sail 0 Rardhatsbull bulk rate abull opposed to First Claaa The middotaardhatamiddot that we~e received arr ived 110ntha l a te aoat not at all Vocal lia ison with the Pobull~ Office ultiaately corrected the problem

BAcammendaJ1011 middot Eulit In deployHnt tnaure that the raquoAVSTA Poat Office confi rms that 1110nthly publicationbull will bt tMlled Flral Claaa

fpoundBSOliNELL6DlilB

The office 1pacea are adequate and tht aupport1~C equipment ta in good condition The copy 111Schlne ibull new and quite reliable Service on computers req~irebull an Inordinate a110unt of time therefore red iatr ibution of llicroshycomputers waa required on several occaaaiona OED teattng wa1 an taaue tor a maJority of the deployment However Naval Station l ncrea1ed its ataft and by the end of dtploymtnt all MMCB FVi personnel without a high achoo diplo had received or been teated for their OED

Three SCJgtOs slxtttn CPObull and one OYSOT (IOOl ot tlmt-in-rate bullllampible) competed for advancement to EQ pound8 ont was aetecttd for llCPO two tor SCPO and one tor liGYSOT

Forty-tour POIbull (1001 of time-in-rate tlglble) participated In CPO txaainatlon tnty-ntne re board eligible and twelve were bullelected tor advance111tnt

2amp8 of 287 ti -Ln-rat e ellCibl t personnel re fully qual1t1ed for participation in lhe March J9QO exallllnation 283 were teated (reinalnlng three aepamp1attd or were on separation l eave) and QQ were selected for advancement 58 to P03 37 to P02 and bull t o POI raquotar 1001 (QQ 7 - 330 of 331) qualification

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1bull accompllbullhed through early on detailed reportlna to department headbullcompany commanderbulldetall OICbull of eaab time-in-rate ellamplblta bulltatua The advancement eliCibility report for the Mar 00 examination ~bull providedbriefed akly at AOM and Civtn full command attention All concerned enbullure complete support Ibull received down to the fire team level

Both outgoing and incoming mall WAJI picked up or delivered to lhe Naval Station Roosevelt Roads Bamp11e Poat Office located by Pier l Pick-up andor delivery timebull were 0830 and 1330 dally and remained conatant throughout the deploymanl FPO Miami addreaa for malnbody bullbullbull quicker than FPO San Franciaco Flral Claaa outgoinamp 11 g~erally took about five days to be delivered Lo thbull Weat Coaat and three daya to the Eaat Coaat Flrat Claaa lncoalnC aall generally took anywhere froa five daybull for mail coming froa the ltNat coamp11l to aeven and sometimebull up to ten daya for aail coming from the eaat coaat Official mail aent out to and from detail sltea took anywhere from three to ten days to get to Its destination and was dependent upon both the location of the detail altbull and the reliability of the local beae postal atlvlce Bulk rate mal l aervlce wae extremely slow aotlmea Lakinamp up to two aontha for both incoalnamp and outgoing aail to arr ive at Its destination Certified Registered and Exprbullbullbull aall service Ibull ava1lable to and frobull PuUtO Rico MaJI bullbullnt exprebullbull bullervlce normally takebull about two days to arrive at deatlnatlon Exprebulla bullervloe proved to be extremely reliable throughout the deployment

After winning tbe Golden Anchor Award for the second consecutive y1ar the commandbull e19Phasi1 WAJI placed on a total team concept enaurlng that everyone received red carpet bullbullrvlcemiddot while deployed to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico

Retention Statisticbull ELIO NON ELG

FIRST TERM SECOllD TERM THl lD TEJUI FOUJITB TERM

PUBLIC AFFAIR~ (PAOl

78 24 15 0 2(1 0

7 0

For Fiscal Year 1989 REEN GROSSX

41 13 12 80 24 1)2

2 20

NtTX 40 80 02 20

The Battalion Public Aftalra Office waa headed by a LT and staffed with a PB2 J02 and SN The office waa rebullponalble tor all public relationbull functionbull tor the battalion Including preparlnamp and dlsbullealnatJnamp news In the fora ot newbull releasebull to Navy-wide aa 11 u local Mdla and the Batttllon Faailygraa prepared and sent out once a 1110ntb The office wae alao reaponalble fer production of a 144 page Deployment Cru1etbook and the Initial preparation and aubatquent mlllntenance of a 250 plus color bulllide command brief including both pictures and graphicbull given to numeroue flag and aenlor level officerbull

The Pboto Lab was prlaarlly responsible tor ehootlnamp and dtveloplnamp color alldea uaed in monthly SlTREP reportbull for malnbody and aometlmebull Det Vlequebull conbulltructlon proj eels The lab also developed auah of the f Ila taken by many ot tbe ciomund bulla details located tbrougbout tbt Caribbean The photo lab bullupported the Public Affairs Of f ice bullIth routine photo work uaed for production ot the battalion famllygram command brief and deployment oruibullebook aa week as for aubmlbulleion along with varloua news releasta Other routine work included tbt photographic coverage

2 Enclobullure (4

of a l l apec1al mainbody evolutions lncludlng advancements award1 retirementa ceremonies and training exerci bullbullbull middot

Tb1re are three maJor areabull ot pbotogra~bic ltrvtce not provided by tbbull battallon lab the production of color printbull (color negatlvt1 - yea color pTlnt1 -no) the quality duplication of color slides and of t1c ta l 1erv1ce record lie atudio quality) photos Color negativebull had t o be sent t o WAS Oceana to be developed into printbull or an open purchase request draf ted to have photos developed out in town Thbull Battalion Pbotoamprapher duplicated numerous color 111des by utiliz i ng Fltet Audiovisual Facility equlpicent located across roa the lfAC teralnal on baJte Of Jcial l1bullud10 quality) photo 1ervlces ample provided tree o cbarfe by lbibull of ticbull

Tbe Navy Publication and Pr1ntlng Office located in the Bundy area on ba1e bas a 1nt desktop publ11hinf aystem However photo quality and t i me liness o lardhat prlnt1n4 wa1 a problem

Tbt Command Religious Procram Consis~ed ormiddot three weekly worship servicebull Prote1tant Ep1scora l and Catholic) memo r ial and apecial aea1onal services transportailon opportuni ties to and reading materials or other fai t hs weekly bible bull~udles ac~1ve Involvement within community (toy drive Chr1at111Ss carol1namp de1very of foods to ~urr1cane v1ct11111 l and counatlnamp min1s~ry

~pound Navy Ach~tvtaienL Meda ~~C~A~FLT ~et~er Of Commbullndaton CO~ABCARB Letter of Co11111endatlon CSAflT Letter of Commendation NlllCB FIVE Letter of Commendation

f~_QE_Qf~~Q~T AW~~Q~ Navy Comtttndat1on Medal raquoavy Acbitvement Medampl ClNCLANTFLT Lttter of Colllllltndatlon CBART Letter of Co-ndation NMC B FIVE Letter or ColQlMtndetlon ~MCB FIVE Letter ot Appreolatlon Coast Ouard Special Operationbull Sarvtce Ribbon llmed Forces EKpedlt1onary Medal Aray Aclilnt1otnl Medal

~~ARDf1 ~f11 NO 1 l 0

4 0 31 0 10 0 3tl 0

0 2 17 0 14 0 3tl 0 50 0 51 0

42 0 17 33 0 3

As a result of this deployment men In HMCB FIVE were r eaommended to rtcelva the following unit and servioe awards

Joint Mer i torious Oni t Commenda tion (Puerto Rico Pana11111) lavy Onlt Co-endatlon (Panamp111a ) Meritorious Onll Co1111endation (Cbarltaton)

3 Enalo1ure ( 4 )

Buaanitarlan Service dal (Puerto Rico Charleaton Pan ) Ar d Forcebull Expeditionary Wdel (Panamp11ampl Coaal Guard Spbullalal Operationbull Service Ribbon CPuelto lllco)

Total Patient vtaita 3~il

Bobullpltal aabullbullbull a7 During tbbull pel lod of 18 October 1989 tbru l May ID90 raquoMCB FIVE Wdlcal

perbullonnel experienced en exciting and extre111ely bullucceaatu1 deploy nt to Rooaevell Road1 Puerto Rico HJgbllbullhted by di1a1ter recovely from Hurricane Hugo our depart nt enj oyed the teaawork and cooperation of tbt full battalion

Tbe Medical depart nt provided dical coverage for en SD man dsa1t er recovery t tabull at Cbal l eaton South Carolina and the We ll Dllll Detachment to Bondulas aa 11 abull the main deployment a1te at Roosevelt Roada Puerto Hico Othel notable achievementbull included and outstandinamp read tnebulls to deploy Inspection D8X battalion peraonnel il1111Un1amptlon 9DX aud iogram teating 100 BIV teating and PPD tebulltlng and lnJUJy frbullbull exercleea

In addi t ion to the daily bull lckcal l r outine inservlce training was conductbull~ tor minor cyat rtaovala auturlng 1 V admin istration Pharmacy operations taboratoly procedUJel and TO A functions Claaarooa instruction and clin ical on t be Job instruct ion were provided at tbt raquoaval Boaptal Roo1tvelt Roads and at the clinic Our corpllllall were certif ied In Basic Ll fe Support in Eaercency procedurebull and C P R lnatruc to r qua lification Str onamp sanitation and prevtntivt health illaptctlon proamprama In Camp Moacrlp and Detall Vl eque1 wet extreaaly affect i ve

Aa the NllCB FIVE Medical Department re tUJnbull to homaport we return with an lncleaaed knowledge or aub-troclcal medicine and an laproved state or opera tional readlneas

St ck i n Ouartera bullbullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbull 138 11 0 U bullbullbull bull bull bullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull bull bullbullbullbullbull bullbull JO 0 c 3 R l Y Positive bullbullbullbullbull 0 Laboratory Servi ces bullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull 1800 Pba rmacy Un I ta bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull 3087 poundCO a Audiogram bullbullbullbullbullbullbull ID2 Lim hd Services bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull 882 I aaun I ~a ti ona bullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbull bullbull bull 918 Others bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bull bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull I 087

Total patients trea t ed l~

Betwe1n 18 Oat 89 and 12 Apr DO tht llMCB FIVE Dental Departant treated an average of g patientbull per wolkday

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-

bull

bull

bull

a 1089 patlbullnts re treated by NWCB FIVE Dental personnel at the Camp Moscrip Dental Clinic lnoludlnC

GI patients wbose 11amplpoaed syapto11amptlc or patbolobulllc leelb were Utected

b 10~ pat1entbull were treated by NMCB FIVE Dental personnel at Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads lnoludtng

I patient adaitttd to the hospital 3 patltnla teated In tlie a rgency rooa 4 open reduct1on1 of facial fractures 9 orthognathJc surgeries BG patltnta tleated in tbe Oral Surgery Department

22 lllCB FIVE patients wart treated by the Oral Surbullery Depart nt of Naval Hospital Roosevelt RoadJ

40 NMCB FIVE patientbull rt treated by Naval Dental Clinic Rooaevelt RoedJ

Dental readlneas lncrtbullbullbulld over the deployment f lniahing above the 801 TYCOM Coal

DEElOIEll-111SeECIOllS

CESE Dlill OPS DIU SAFETY DlilI SMI

MAJOB DlillEfAllClES

I 2 8

27

II

16lllOB DISCBEfliClES ~BlA70Bfil

21 II 10 10 32 II A 40 23

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bull

a 1089 patlbullnts re treated by NWCB FIVE Dental personnel at the Camp Moscrip Dental Clinic lnoludlnC

GI patients wbose 11amplpoaed syapto11amptlc or patbolobulllc leelb were Utected

b 10~ pat1entbull were treated by NMCB FIVE Dental personnel at Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads lnoludtng

I patient adaitttd to the hospital 3 patltnla teated In tlie a rgency rooa 4 open reduct1on1 of facial fractures 9 orthognathJc surgeries BG patltnta tleated in tbe Oral Surgery Department

22 lllCB FIVE patients wart treated by the Oral Surbullery Depart nt of Naval Hospital Roosevelt RoadJ

40 NMCB FIVE patientbull rt treated by Naval Dental Clinic Rooaevelt RoedJ

Dental readlneas lncrtbullbullbulld over the deployment f lniahing above the 801 TYCOM Coal

DEElOIEll-111SeECIOllS

CESE Dlill OPS DIU SAFETY DlilI SMI

MAJOB DlillEfAllClES

I 2 8

27

II

16lllOB DISCBEfliClES ~BlA70Bfil

21 II 10 10 32 II A 40 23

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