Battle "E" Ribbon
NMCB3 is the First, Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion to be the 3rd Time
Recipient of the Battle "E"
MCB3 received their First Battle "E" in
1966 while in Chu Lai Viet Nam
At this point the
Ribbon was not yet established, the Men of the
Battalion received an E shaped Patch
NMCB3
received 3 subsequent Battle "E" awards
on this next Deployment alone
In Nearly Consecutive Years of 1978, 1980,
1981 ~ Occurring between April 1977 and August
1982
Additionally making this the, "Longest
Continuous Deployment" in Naval Seabee History
Performed by The One and Only, Split Concept
Construction Battalion ever to Exist
Consisting of the Blue and Gold Teams.
1987 was their 5th subsequent Pacific Fleet
Battle "E" &
Peltier Award for Fiscal Year the same
In December 1999,
the Battalion returned home after a successful
deployment that again earned them the title
"Best of Type" in the Pacific Fleet and earning
the right to wear their 6th Battle "E"
In October of 2004 the Battalion returned home
once again bearing the title "Best of Type" in
the Pacific Fleet and the right to wear the
coveted Battle "E"
for their subsequent 7th Award in THREE history.
The Just will live by Faith
