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Population. Peak of over 545,000 US Troops in 1945. (12,000 killed) Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa.
From 1991 through 2002 NMCB 7 completed ten deployments to Naval Station Rota, Spain; Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Camp Shields,Okinawa. In 2003, NMCB 7 deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Battalion supported Marine units by constructing roads and maintaining camps throughout Kuwait and ...
After preparing for a 5th deployment to Vietnam in August 1969, the battalion orders were changed and NMCB 3 was deployed to Camp Kinzer (present-day Camp Shields), Okinawa. While at Camp Kinzer, the battalion made numerous improvements to the camp itself, including the construction of a new subsistence building, barracks and roads.
Camps. 1/4 TF Highlander in '07 w/1st LAR, 3/4 in '06/'07, and many others over years. Large SVBIED at TCP Alpha 20070507. Mosul Air Base. Used by Romanian troops. [1] All UN sanctioned weapons were destroyed and FOB was transitioned to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in 2009.
Camp Shanks was the largest World War II port of embarkation. Members of the 65th were among more than 1.3 million soldiers, sailors and airmen who passed through the camp on their way to fight in ...
In January 2009, the battalion deployed to Okinawa with nine detachment sites throughout the Pacific Command (PACOM) Area of Operations. NMCB 40 took custody of the Tables of Allowance at Camp Shields in Okinawa and Camp Covington in Guam manning and maintaining both locations. NMCB 40 participated in eight annual PACOM exercises: Cobra Gold ...
CM3 Marvin Glenn Shields Mobile Construction Battalion 11. 1965 in late January, the battalion made history when it deployed to Okinawa. MCB 11 was the first Mobile CB to deploy by air. In February, Seabee Technical Assistance Team 1104 was sent to Ben Soi, Vietnam where they built a camp for U.S. Special forces.
Marvin G. Shields was born December 30, 1939, in Port Townsend, Washington.He lived near Port Townsend on Discovery Bay in Gardiner, Washington. [1] He graduated from Port Townsend High School in 1958 and had moved to Hyder, Alaska, where he worked at Mineral Basin Mining Company, a gold mining project started by Port Townsend company.