NMCB-5, augmented by a detachment from NMCB-4, were deployed "en masse" to Nam Phong in April of 1972 - the first time the entire battalion mobilized to a single location during the entire Viet Nam war. The Seabees are fully self-contained and can go anywhere in the world, build almost anything, and defend their location while doing it, without much external support. Without their participation Task Force Delta could not have sustained expeditionary operations for very long.
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