Iraq War Vet - NMCB 23 OIF 11-2 - Signs w IRAQ SVC X 300 Tapestry

The 23rd Battalion was commissioned on 1 September, 1942 as Naval Construction Battalion 23 (NCB 23). A month later, it was sent to the West Coast for embarkation for the war in the Northern Pacific, building and defending numerous bases in the Aleutian Islands chain including Kodiak Navla Base and Naval installations at Adak, Kiska, and Dutch Harbor. NCB 23 eventually moved to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and Guam, its final wartime destination. The 23rd was recommissioned in 1961 as Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23 (RNMCB23). The 23rd was recalled to active duty status in direct support of Operation Desert Storm/Shield. The 23rd was deployed to the Iraqi War Zone in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 11-2.