Exercise Bold
ALLIGATOR Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 Completes rapid airfield damage repair (R-ADR) during EXERCISE BOLD ALLIGATOR in 2017. Sailors assigned to NMCB 11 and EODMU 2 conducted (R-ADR proof-of-concept tasking as part of EXERCISE BOLD ALLIGATOR 2017 (BA17) at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF). The team successfully identified and repaired thirty craters in fourteen
hours, significantly ahead of schedule. The exercise emphasized command and control integration while experimenting with new techniques and technologies. The interoperability training between the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) enterprise, Expeditionary Warfighting Development Center (EXWDC) and subordinate units will help establish new tactics and procedures to improve the way R-ADR is conducted in the future. The Damage Assessment Team
(DAT) identified craters, spalls, potential unexploded ordnance and the initial evaluation of each location. The crew then determined a minimum-operating strip based on the size and type of aircraft using the runway. EODMU 2 Sailors flew an unmanned aerial system to identify potential unexploded ordnance and specific crater locations during the airfield assessment, and the sixty-seven Seabees from NMCB-11 analyzed the data then planned and executed the repair.
Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 spread concrete during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Marine Corps Outlying Field (MCOLF) Atlantic during Bold Alligator 2017 (BA17). US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Collin Turner.
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