provide liaison with CBC on storage, preser-
vation, and shipping of advance base and
mobilization stocks;
provide management guidance and evaluate the
effectiveness of military, operational, and
material readiness of all home port units of the
NCFs;
monitor personnel distribution among the NCF
units;
make recommendations to the Enlisted
Figure 1-4.--Staff/function home port Naval Construction
Regiment.
Personnel Distribution Office.
The basic organization and functions of a typical
home port NCR's staff are shown in figure 1-4.
Construction Training Centers (NCTCs) are tenant
commands at the NCBCs and provide training schools
for NMCB personnel. A tenant command is one that
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE
occupies buildings and uses facilities provided as direct
SUPPORT UNITS (NCFSUs)
support by the NCBC. The NCBC receives, preserves,
stores, accounts for, and issues advanced base material
The Naval Construction Force Support Units
and equipment. Newly commissioned NMCBs are
(NCFSUs) provide logistical support for an NCR and
usually outfitted at the NCBC, which also provides
other supported NCF units. NCFSU equipment is
home port facilities. The NCBC is under the
maintained both in the active force and in the Reserve
management and technical control of NAVFAC. At
(PWRMs). The NCFSUs
present there are two NCBCs: one at Port Hueneme,
California, and one at Gulfport, Mississippi.
perform inventory management of construction
materials, including requisitioning, expediting,
receipt, control, issue, delivery, and other supply
support functions;
HOME PORT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
REGIMENTS (NCRs)
maintain inventory control;
operate and perform maintenance, repair, and
Home port NCRs are located at both of the NCBCs.
upkeep of NCF auxiliary construction and
Under the direction of the Second NCB/Third NCB, the
transportation equipment;
mission of the home port NCR is to ensure maximum
effectiveness of all units of the NCR, while at home port,
perform specialized repair and overhaul of
in achieving the highest possible state of readiness to
equipment components (such as transmissions,
meet their disaster recovery, contingency, and wartime
electric motors, and fuel injectors) when
missions of military construction support of the armed
conditions warrant a centralized operation;
forces. As a secondary mission, the home port NCR acts
provide the operation and maintenance capability
as a receiving and separating activity for Seabee
for plants, such as rock crushers and asphalt and
personnel.
concrete batch plants, large paving machines,
The home port NCRs exercise operational control
long-haul transportation, and other equipment of
and, as specifically designated by the Second NCB/
this type.
Third NCB, various elements of administrative control
over all units of the NCF at the home port. The home
port NCRs
NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION
conduct and coordinate military, technical, and
BATTALIONS
specialized training;
The Naval Mobile Construction Battalions
(NMCBs) are primarily designed for construction and
administer the details of the automotive and
equipment program;
military support operations to build advance base
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