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== Disaster Relief and Recovery == [[File:US Navy 060821-N-7770P-002 A team of U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB 5), attached to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA), set up tents.jpg|thumb|NMCB 5 attached to [[Combined Joint Task Force β Horn of Africa]] set tents for displaced flood victims in [[Ethiopia]]. (2006)]] * [[Hurricane Camille]] hit NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi, NMCB-121 was in homeport and was tasked with base cleanup, rescue, and community outreach. * [[Cyclone Ofa]] in 1990 NMCB 133 sent a det to American Samoa to aid the recovery. * [[1994 Northridge earthquake]], Seabees supported the disaster recovery. * [[Hurricane Andrew]] in 1992, Seabees provided disaster recovery to [[Homestead, Florida]].<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> * [[Unified Task Force|Operation Restore Hope]] In 1992β1993 two battalions were sent for the humanitarian efforts in [[Somalia]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/Restoring%20Hope%20In%20Somalia%20with%20the%20Unified%20Task%20Force%201992-1993%20PCN%2019000413500_7.pdf |chapter=Chapter 8: Normality Begins to Return |title=Restoring Hope in Somalia with the Unified Task Force 1992β1993 |last=Mroczkowski |first=Dennis P. |location=[[Quantico, Virginia]] |publisher=History and Museums Division, [[Marine Corps University]] |date=2005 |access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref> * [[Operation Sea Signal]] 1994 Seabees provided assistance to the Haitian Relief effort at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]].<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> * [[Implementation Force|Operation Joint Endeavor]] In Dec. 1995, Seabees were in [[Croatia]] supporting the peacekeeping in [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina. NMCB 40 was tasked to the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Div. for dismantling FOBs during the [[Implementation Force|IFOR]]/[[Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina|SFOR]] phase.<ref name="NHHC-CB1"/> * [[Hurricane Georges]] Seabees deployed to the Caribbean with damage assessment teams, generators and water trucks providing disaster relief. * [[Hurricane Mitch]] 1998 Seabees deployed to Honduras with [[Joint Task Force Bravo]]. They did road and bridge repair, debris cleanup, and erected camps. For NMCB 7, it was on their second humanitarian mission of the deployment. * [[Hurricane Ivan]] NMCBs 1 & 74 deployed in September 2004 to the repair [[Naval Air Station Pensacola]]. They cleared debris, repaired roads, erected tents, and provided general support. * [[Typhoon Nanmadol (2004)]] NMCB 7 provided disaster relief. * [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] NMCBs 7, 40, and UCT 2 provided disaster relief. * [[Joint Task Force Katrina]] 2005. Seabees from NMCBs 1, 7, 18, 40 and 133 plus ACB 2 and CBMUs 202 and 303 and UCT 1 were tasked the reconstruction of CBC Gulfport and the recovery of the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2016/04/2006_1Winter.pdf|title="Hurricane Relief", Seabee magazine, Winter 2006|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=23 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223075820/https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2016/04/2006_1Winter.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] NMCB 7 provided construction support and disaster relief with UCT 1, ACB-2 and Army Engineers. * [[April 2011 Miyagi earthquake]] Seabees from NMCB-133 and UCT 2 deployed to Japan as part of the relief effort. * [[Hurricane Sandy]] NMCB 11 Air Det deployed to support disaster recovery in New Jersey and New York.<ref>{{cite web |last=McAvoy |first=Audrey|url=http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/11/20/seabees-complete-disaster-recovery-mission.html |title=Seabees Complete Disaster Recovery Mission |website=Military.com |date=20 November 2012 |access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> NMCB 5 assisted disaster relief throughout the Sandy Hook area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70481 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111010614/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70481 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2012 |title=US Navy Provides Disaster Relief in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy |date=11 April 2017 |website=Defense Media Activity |access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref>
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