Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3’s advance party board an aircraft that is destined for Rota, Spain, Feb. 3. NMCB 3’s advance party deployed to Spain and Africa and will relieve NMCB 5 of all construction projects in EUCOM and AFRICOM. Once the relief is complete, the remaining NMCB 3 Seabees will arrive in Rota and Djibouti while NMCB 5 will return home to Port Hueneme, Calif. NMCB 3 is an expeditionary element of U.S. Naval Forces providing construction, engineering, and security services in support of national strategy, naval power projection, humanitarian assistance, and contingency operations.