NCHB-14 personnel engaging in pre-deployment training exercises in 2016.

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

Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist insignia

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]

List of Navy Cargo Handling Battalions

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. ↑
  2. ↑ US Department of Defense (2005). "Navy cargo handling battalion". Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ↑ Pike, John. "Navy Cargo Handling And Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU)". www.globalsecurity.org.
  4. ↑ Special Naval Construction Battalion Cruisebooks,NHHC, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum webpage Archived 23 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Shared Authentication Service" (PDF). Nrtc.netc.navy.mil. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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