Sailors attached to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB)
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Sailors attached to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Det. Guam move supplies from Naval Base Guam onboard USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6) in preparation for Valiant Shield, Sept. 1, 2018. NCHB 1 Det. Guam, assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, is the Navy’s only active duty cargo handling battalion, and is a rapidly deployable operating unit of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, capable of loading and discharging ships and aircraft in all climatic and threat conditions. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Mary Smith)
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