Sunday, May 11, 2008

Briefing the troops

The Engineering Civic Action Program (ENCAP) Team of the USNS Mercy was given a briefing today. The group officially belongs to the Naval Mobile Construction Batallion (NMCB) 133.

The said briefing on security and other details pertaining to the USNS Mercy mission in Calbayog was held this morning at the old Hermann Gmeiner campus. On hand were Mayor Mel Senen Sarmiento and Lt Col Corleto Vinluan, Jr. of the 20th IB, among others.

The team arrived yesterday onboard a C130 plane from Okinawa, Japan. They were given a simple welcome dinner at the Marju Krisel Resort.

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