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2 DEPA RTM C:.NT OF THE NAVY d ~. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATIALION SEVENT'l' f- Ol! R F.P.O. MIAMi Ser S3/ 118? r ( 1 rn: C o mmand1n~ Officer. Naval Mobile Constructi on Battalion f: EVENT 'l - F C.: Uf~ To : :::'o:nmander. Naval. Construction Battali o ns. U. S. Atlantic Fleet 'i I f. S u b J GEPL OYME NT FOR TRAINING LA KE TITICACA. BOL I VIA DEPLOYMENT COM?L ET I ON REPORT \ j\ ) /. B ) CO MCB PA C:COMCBLANT INST l COMCBLANT Norto l k VA \ l : Deta1 l B0l1v1a De pl oyment Completion Repor~ Ca'a r S lides of Exe r cise 13 i U ::;M I _, G B o iv t a DFT Bl'i ::!!1n.~ no te s 1. ~ n=:: ~ )~; lj ~- =s t l ';.~nd { :? i.:i.-.:: e i c.-.-rwar r:ied. in accord.:=i.n ce w1 th '2. In =i. <:::cord.=i. nc e w1 r1 Peference (bl. U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SEVENTY -FOUR Detail Bravo L11na de ploved to T i J u l :-1.:.. -- Na v a l B a s e. L all. e T i t i <:.'.3. <::~ a. B o 1 i v i a d u r l n g " b e J:H" r i o d 1. C.1c t..::.>b er 1 9;::.e T:i..:.:i l.- I ec.;:mber 19 8.S_?r1mar v tasking was compl e ted ci ne 1N.;;ek e.3'r l cer th.:i.: i schedul ed. ~ op er at1ons 1Ne1,e conducted a.t a. t.i t. y d e s q 1 e xc,;, -: c: of 13, 500 f e.:..t. E nclosur e ll) documents a l.:i.:: p ect:::: o f this: de p l oyment. Enc~lc. sure (3) was provided bv the US MILGP and is fo r warded for vour use in planning future de p l o v men t - f :i 1, - tr a 1 n l n g m i. s s i on s. CoJ:'V to : l.w/o encl. (~!i..:i.no CNO (0? -44 6) CTNC LANTFLT COMNA VFACENG COM CCODE 061 :2' DMCBPAC LANTNAVFACENGC OM CBC PORT HUENEME CBC GTJLFPOHT i.3ij NCTC GUL FPORT COM31STNCf{ COM20THNCH CO MCBLANT DET ATLANTIC NCEL PORT HUENEME USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PANAMA CO MUSNAVSO FT AMADOR PANAMA COMUSMILGP LA PAZ BOLIVIA ISCENl

3 TABLE OF CON ENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY r l. HISTOR ICAL SUMMARY I I I. PROJECT SU MMARY IV. LESSONS LEARNED V. LAB OR DISTRI BUTI ON SUMMARY VI. VARIATIONS IN UNIT MANNING VII. NEWS RELEASES FOR DETAIL BRAVO LIMA VIII. ME DICAL I MPACT S DUE TO HIGH ALTIT UDE IX. DETAIL ORGANIZ ATI ON Enclosure ( l)

4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SEVENTY-FOUR Detail Bravo Lima deployed to Tiquina Naval Base, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia from 25 October 1988 to 15 December During this Deployment for Training (DF'I' ), the Detail successfully completed its primary tasking of complete renovation of the Bolivian Navy Hospital Barge AH-O l '"Jul ian Apaza."' The Detail was the guest of the Commander, Bolivian Navy Fourth Naval District. The Detail occupied quarters provided by the base. Administration - Administrative support and services for the leta1l were pr o vided by the U. S. Military Group loca t ed at the U.S. E mbassy build1 n ~ in La Paz. Services rendered included message c o~nunication, mail. medi cal assistance. vehicle transportation. and li a i son with Boli vian officials. Operations - Detail Br a v o Li ma completed 348 direct labor on he tas k ed project. There were 541 man - days of effort deployment.. man-day~: on the S u op l y - The Detail was responsible for all its own f ood. Non - pe r ishable items were purchased in ' Puer to Rico prior to dep loymen t. Other items were purchased locally. Co nstructi o n mat.er1a l s were shipped in two shipments t o La Paz. The major sh ipment arrived via ship with the second coming by military ;.tircra f t. No fur t her material sh ipments were necesary. Equipment - All equipment for the project was bro u ght with the De ta i 1 o ll de p 1 o y men t. A 1 though shop fa c i 1 i ti es ( spec i f i ca 1 1 y wo od and me t..;1. l wo!' k i n.'$ s h o p s l we r e av a i l ab 1 e at T i q u i n a Nava 1 Bas e, safety conditon s were such that they were o ff limits to Detail personnel.

5 .... II. HISTORICAL SUMMARY 19 OCT OCT BB 28 OC T OCT 88 l NOV NOV 8B Advance Party arrives La Paz. Bolivia. Detail arrives JFK International Airport, La Paz via Cl4l Military Aircraft from Puerto Rico. Proceeded to project site at Tiquina Naval Base. Lake Titicaca, via Bolivian Navy ground transportation. Visit by CDR E. Lehre, USN, CCOMUSMILGP - Bolivia) and CDR M. Imof. USN CNAVSCIATTS - Panama). Wo rk begins on hospital barge. Partial shipment of CONUS-procured materials arrives from La Paz. Visit by CAPT 0. Olsen, CEC. USN. CUCM Harris ( COMCBLANT Norfolk. VA). and UCCM Brower (COMNAVFACENGCOM Alexandria, VAl NOV 88 Civic Action work at boy's home in La Paz. 29 NOV.98 Vi sit by CDR L.L. Anderson. CEC. USN, and UCCM Bailey ( NMCB- 7 4 J Remaining CO NUS - procured materials arrive fr om La Paz. 5 DEC 88 7 fiec :=rn l l DEC DEC DEC DEC DEC 8 8 Bolivian Army crane arrives for 30KW generator remo val a nd replacement. Vi sit by CAPT F. Massey, USN and CDR S. Woodward. US N I HQ USSOUTH CO M - Panama) and CDR E. Lehre, US N ( C 0 MU S MI LG P - Bo l i vi al. Dedication ceremo ny by U.S. Ambassador Robe r t Gelbar d, Co mmander of the Bolivian Navy, ADM S e i nz, a nd o ther digni taries. Work c o mp lete. Camp turno ver complete. Redep l oyme nt of personnel to Roosevelt Roads. Puerto Rico v ia commercial airline. Redepl o yment complete.