CO Meeting Notes

Greetings Fearless Families!
On Monday, April 21st we had the opportunity to hear from our CO, CDR Dave McAlister, regarding deployment updates and plans for the decommissioning of NMCB 74. Please take a moment to read through them and dont hesitate to contact us with any and all questions you may have. Very Respectfully, Lesley Clayton Kelly Farwell NMCB 74 Ombudsmen [email protected]
Deployment Updates
DET NORTHCOM Several groups have been deployed within the United States including Kentucky, to complete obstacle courses and Panama City, Florida. Those in Panama City have been tasked to complete two projects; a head facility including the demo and rebuilding as well as 2,000 feet of sidewalks. They are working hard and are ahead of schedule. A team has also been in Andros Island, Bahamas in support of a testing command. They have been tasked to complete roofing and sidewalk room as well as under water work. They are also ahead of schedule and trending to finish in early June. DET EUCOM Camp Mitchell in Rota, Spain is the site of main body and the largest group of Seabees and Sailors. They have been tasked with several projects including shore stabilization, security fencing, and fire breaks as well as road and parking lot work. Their primary mission has been offering support in keeping equipment and tools operational. Additionally, a group has been deployed to Morn Air Base, north of Camp Mitchell, and has been responsible for several facility upgrades. Out of Rota, a group has been tasked to Romania and is responsible for building and supporting the base camp for US security forces including security and defense capabilities to the surrounding areas. DET CENTCOM Located in Bahrain, the public works crew has been working on hanger facilities and offering force protection upgrades. A small team has recently been relocated to Jordan to complete exercise and building targets and offering operation forces for exercises.
DET AFRICOM There are three locations for those working in support of missions in Africa including Djibouti, Niger and Cameroon. Each has been hard at work completing exercises in support of facility improvements and building operational structures which were not only numerous but also essential. They have also offered base defense and force protection improvements. Every location is doing well and has been hard at work, completing their missions and impressing all that work with them. *The command has received overwhelmingly positive reports on all Seabees and Sailors that have been deployed. They have demonstrated exceptional work ethic, outstanding professionalism and their Can Do spirit make them stand out on every DET site. *
Homecoming/ Decommissioning
The command is currently in the process of preparing flight windows for homecoming. The advanced party should be back by the end of June with the rest to follow by the first weeks of July, excluding Romania which may run a week behind. The command submits windows and the exact dates of flights will not be released until just before. The information will be updated to the care line which was published in the deployment packet that your Seabee/Sailor received at the pre-deployment fair. July 25th is the decommissioning ceremony. To allow for practice and participation in the ceremony, the week of July 21-July 25 will be a no leave period. Additional no leave periods will depend on the bin in which the Seabee/Sailor has been placed. The four bins will determine their transfer date from the command; Bin 1: August 1 st, Bin 2: August 18th, Bin 3: August 29th, Bin 4: September 12th. Your loved one will know in which Bin they have been placed and date of transfer. Whether the service member is adshifting (moving from one sea duty battalion to another sea duty battalion), receiving orders or separating, each will be going through a process of accountability. This is the important time spent ensuring pay is correct as well as the time gear is turned in. It is necessary that the service member keep the paperwork for 5 years as it will be proof that the gear was accounted for and turned in. This week of processing is done as a group for four days and is determined by Bin number.

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