Navy Cargo Handling Battalion
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Navy Cargo Handling Battalions (NCHBs) are expeditionary logistics units of the United States Navy.[1][2][3]
History
The Cargo Handling Battalions trace their lineage to U.S. Navy's first "Combat Stevedores" - the 41 "Special" Naval Construction Battalions, created during WWII.[4]
Warfare qualification
Sailors assigned to NCHBs are eligible to earn designation as Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist. To do this, candidates must attend various training events over the course of several months and then demonstrate their knowledge at an oral board.[5]
Designation | Abbreviation | Headquarters | Component |
---|---|---|---|
ONE | NCHB-1 | Cheatham Annex, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia | Active |
FIVE | NCHB-5 | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Washington | Reserve |
EIGHT | NCHB-8 | Lakehurst Maxfield Field, Lakehurst, New Jersey | Reserve |
TEN | NCHB-10 | Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia | Reserve |
ELEVEN | NCHB-11 | Blount Island Command, Florida | Reserve |
THIRTEEN | NCHB-13 | CBC Gulfport, Mississippi | Reserve |
FOURTEEN | NCHB-14 | Port Hueneme, California | Reserve |
References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ US Department of Defense (2005). "Navy cargo handling battalion". Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ Pike, John. "Navy Cargo Handling And Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU)". www.globalsecurity.org.
- ^ Special Naval Construction Battalion Cruisebooks,NHHC, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum webpage [2] Archived 23 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Verneris, J. (2015). SEABEE COMBAT HANDBOOK, VOLUME 1. Naval Education and Training Center: Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (CSFE). https://nrtc.netc.navy.mil/courses/14234B/14234B_ind.pdf
- Bellott, T. G. (2009). NAVY EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT. Retrieved from https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/ADA603365.xhtml
- Pike, P. (2013). Navy Cargo Handling And Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU). Retrieved from https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/navchapgru.htm
- Pine, J and Fabrey, T. (2015). SEABEE COMBAT HANDBOOK, VOLUME 2. Naval Education and Training Center: Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (CSFE). https://nrtc.netc.navy.mil/courses/14235B/14235B.pdf
- Brown, G. G. and Carlyle, W. M. (2008). Optimizing the US navy's combat logistics force. John Wiley and Sons Incorporated. Retrieved from https://www.engineeringvillage.com/search/doc/abstract.url&pageType=quickSearch&usageZone=resultslist&usageOrigin=searchresults&searchtype=Quick&SEARCHID=9b84c10aM0f1aM41f4Mabd0M39984f095aba&DOCINDEX=2&ignore_docid=cpx_30c22111e1c78063dM44d42061377553&database=1&format=quickSearchAbstractFormat&tagscope=&displayPagination=[permanent dead link]
- Houts Jr., R. E. (1990). Advanced technology in Navy Logistics Support. Naval Engineers Journal. Retrieved from https://www.engineeringvillage.com/search/doc/detailed.url SEARCHID=9b84c10aM0f1aM41f4Mabd0M39984f095aba&DOCINDEX=1&database=1&pageType=quickSearch&searchtype=Quick&dedupResultCount=null&format=quickSearchDetailedFormat&usageOrigin=recordpage&usageZone=abstracttab
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