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Builder 3rd Class (SCW) Ryan Dawes, right, helps Equipment Operator 3rd Class Dallas Miller don his Modular Tactical Vest before a convoy departs for Combat Maneuvering Procedure (CMP) drills at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 23.

Photo by MC2 Ace Rheaume / NMCB 5

Builder 3rd Class (SCW) Ryan Dawes, right, helps Equipment Operator 3rd Class Dallas Miller don his Modular Tactical Vest before a convoy departs for Combat Maneuvering Procedure (CMP) drills at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 23.

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  • Builder 3rd Class (SCW) Ryan Dawes, right, helps Equipment Operator 3rd Class Dallas Miller don his Modular Tactical Vest before a convoy departs for Combat Maneuvering Procedure (CMP) drills at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 23.
  • Construction Electrician 3rd Class Steve Gawlas, a Convoy Security Element Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, participates in Combat Maneuvering Procedure drills at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, on April 23. NMCB 5, 'The Professionals,' are currently deployed to Afghanistan executing general engineering, infrastructure construction and project management in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  • Convoy Security Element (CSE) Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 participate in Combat Maneuvering Procedure (CMP) drills at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 23.
  • Construction Mechanic Constructionman Jessica Koker, an Alfa Company Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, lifts an engine crank shaft in the Alfa Yard at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 17.
  • Equipment Operator 3rd Class (SCW) Joseph Ackerman, a Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, uses a Hyster Twin Engine Vibratory Compactor to flatten a project area at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 26.
  • Builder 2nd Class (SCW) Chase Luna, left, receives a haircut from Culinary Specialist 2nd Class (SCW) James Battie at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 21.
  • Logistics Specialist Seaman (SCW) Travis Atkinson, a Headquarters Company Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, uses a forklift to move Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle parts in the NMCB 5 Material Liaison Office (MLO) at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 20.
  • Builder 2nd Class Jeffery Moore, a Barley Company Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, cuts lumber with a radial arm saw for a watershed at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 20.
  • Engineering Aide Constructionman Rachel Schaeffer, right, and Engineering Aide Constructionman Apprentice Ashley Cox, both Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, take measurements at a project site at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 20.

NMCB 5 lives, works, trains at Camp Leatherneck

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