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NMCB 11 Welcomes New Commander

Story Number: NNS130625-13Release Date: 6/25/2013 3:24:00 PM
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By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Carmichael, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 Public Affairs

GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 welcomed its newest commanding officer in a ceremony June 21.

Cmdr. Steven J. Stasick, previously Public Works officer of Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, relieved Cmdr. Lore Aguayo whose next assignment is in Jacksonville, Fla. as the operations officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast.

Stasick addressed the battalion and guests immediately after assuming command. "When I got the call from Rear Admiral Mossey that I was selected to take command of NMCB-11 I was excited and humbled at being provided such an amazing opportunity. There is no doubt in my mind that NMCB 11 is an exceptional battalion."

Military members were ceremoniously wearing full-dress-white uniforms with the battalion formed in ranks facing the guests and participants.

Guest speaker, Capt. Darius Banaji, commander of Naval Construction Group 2, awarded Aguayo the Meritorious Service Medal for leading NMCB-11 through numerous successful evolutions over the two-year course of her command that resulted in multiple unit awards including the Battle "E" Award, Peltier Award, and Meritorious Unit Commendation.

"The last two years have flown by, and I am now concluding the best tour anybody could ask for in the Navy - leading the brave men and women of NMCB 11," said Aguayo in her farewell address.

Originally commissioned in June 1942 and twice recommissioned since, NMCB-11 has built and fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan in addition to a multitude of humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions throughout the world; most recently supporting the hardest hit areas of the northeast United States immediately following Hurricane Sandy.

NMCB-11 is a Seabee battalion specializing in contingency construction, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance. The battalion is homeported in Gulfport, Miss.

For more news from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, visit www.navy.mil/local/nmcb11/.

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130621-N-UH337-083 GULFPORT, Miss. (June 21, 2013) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 participate in a change of command ceremony at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport. Cmdr. Steven J. Stasick relieved Cmdr. Lore Aguayo as commander of NMCB 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Carmichael/Released)
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