page_title: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133
section_title: 2005–present
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 / History / 2005–present
caption_attribution_description: English: yellow beach 1, LSM 206 and 23rd Marines Shore party A Co. 133 NCB
context_page_description: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee Battalion, homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center. The unit was formed during World War II as the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. It saw action and was decommissioned shortly after the war ended. The unit was reactivated as Mobile Construction Battalion 133 for the Vietnam War and remains an active unit today.
context_section_description: On 29 August 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast.  Within a day, the Seabees from NMCBs 1, 7, and 133 NCB were tasked to Joint Task Force Katrina. They were joined by NMCBs 18 and 40 plus ACB 2 and CBMUs 202 and 303.  During the mission 133 and the other Seabees provided extensive humanitarian aid to the Gulf coast including the homes of their own.  "The battalion had 118 who either lost their home entirely or had them damaged beyond repair.  That November saw the Battalion deployed to numerous sites across Southwest Asia with dets to Guam and Whidbey Island.  In Iraq,  NMCB 133 supported Marines, Special Operations Forces and Iraqi Security Forces.
  The Battalion's 2007 deployment went to four continents.  The battalion worked in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) building schools in remote villages and making potable water available to the  people.  A detail assigned to "New Horizons" built schools in rural Belize.  NMCB 133 also had a presence in São Tomé, working with Underwater Construction Team ONE (UCT 1) in the reconstruction the  Coast Guard only boat launch.
  The next two deployments were to Iraq and Okinawa. "NMCB 133's Seabees built the foundation for new buildings on White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa and restored running water to a village in Malaysia that been without this basic life necessity for over three years.  New age power from a wind-turbine and solar panel were used to provide power to the pump.  At the end of that PACOM tour, the 133 returned to Gulfport, MS for a 15-month homeport and training cycle.
  In March 2010, the battalion deployed over 600 Seabees to Afghanistan in support of the 30,000 troop surge.  NMCB 133 created a camp on Kandahar Airfield (KAF), Afghanistan for their main-body site. The location was an undeveloped gravel bed when they arrived. Within a month, a fully operational Seabee camp was built and with the Army a power generating supply was set up.  The list of tasks completed by the Seabees of 133 includes:
  drilling a 1,200 feet (370 m) deep well that produces approximately 25,000 US gallons (95,000 l; 21,000 imp gal) of water per day.
  construction of numerous Southwest Asia (SWA) Huts over throughout Afghanistan.
  construction of a base electrical grid, shower units, and mess halls.
  significant expansion of four forward operating bases perimeter defenses.
  construction of numerous crow's nest observation towers.
  construction of 3 helo pads.
  In October 2010, NMCB 133 received the Atlantic Fleet Best of Type Battle "E" award for its work during the CENTCOM deployment.
  In March 2011, the battalion deployed to Camp Shields, Okinawa.  Projects ther included the renovation of the galley facility, a concrete storage building at White Beach Naval Facility, installation of concrete drainage ditches, and  general camp improvements to Camp Shields.
  In September 2012, NMCB 133 returned to Afghanistan as the last  battalion to deploy to there.  During that deployment, the battalion twice broke the NCFs longest convoy record.
  A bulldozer and a construction crew arrived in Liberia from Djibouti late September 2014.   The mission was site preparation near Monrovia Airport for a dozen or medical facilities to be built by the U.S. military's Operation United Assistance to deal with the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
caption: yellow beach 1, LSM 206 and 23rd Marines Shore Party A Co 133rd NCB.  Crane is loading one LVT for run to the front while 2 more wait
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