Seabees Begin Construction in Trinidad & Tobago
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS080327-15
Release Date: 3/27/2008 3:17:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW) Holly Boynton, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (NNS) -- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 began construction in Trinidad and Tobago, March 25, on a community clinic, the first of several engineering assistance projects planned for New Horizons/Beyond the Horizons (NH/BTH) 2008.
NH/BTH is a joint engineer, medical and humanitarian civil assistance exercise. This exercise combines training opportunities for U.S. military teams with their civilian counterparts in a real-world situation with valuable contributions to the communities in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The U.S. training teams include members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The teams work alongside the host nation's government agencies during the assistance projects.
Twenty Seabees from Gulfport, Miss. traveled to Trinidad to construct a clinic and do minor repairs. Their first project is a medical clinic at the St. Mary's Children's Home.
"Meeting the children at St. Mary's Children's Home really brought home why we are here and makes our work worthwhile," said Utilitiesman 1st Class (SCW) Daniel Clowser.
NH/BTH 2008 will travel to Honduras, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The engineering projects will include constructing schools and health clinics, making road improvements, and digging water wells. The medical training team will conduct routine surgery and treatments not normally available to the communities.
U.S. Southern Command sponsored 20 building projects in four nations during NH 2007, including building classrooms, medical clinics, improving rural roads, and dug water wells.
For more news from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/cusns/.
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