page_title: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5
caption_attribution_description: English: MCB 5 constructing an Integrated Wideband Communication System Antenna on Monkey Mountain during the 1966-67 Vietnam deployment
context_page_description: Naval Construction Battalion 5 was commissioned on May 25, 1942 at Camp Allen Va. The battalion went to Port Hueneme and shipped out for the first of two deployments in the Pacific. When the war ended CB 5 was decommissioned in the Philippines. On July 10, 1951 the Battalion was re-commissioned as a MCB and remains an active unit today.
context_section_description: Naval Construction Battalion 5 was commissioned on May 25, 1942 at Camp Allen Va.  The battalion went to Port Hueneme and shipped out for the first of two deployments in the Pacific.  When the war ended CB 5 was decommissioned in the Philippines.  On July 10, 1951 the Battalion was re-commissioned as a MCB and remains an active unit today.
caption: MCB 5 constructing an Integrated Wideband Communication System Antenna on Monkey Mountain during the 1966-67 Vietnam deployment. (Seabee Museum)
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