Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion News

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr. traveled to the Pacific Northwest for a series of visits, ceremonies and all hands calls April 28 and 29. Campa, who served as Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay senior enlisted advisor before taking office last July, spent several hours outside Seattle at Fort Lewis where Sailors receive three weeks of training prior to departure for JTF-GTMO. Campa observed training and spoke to the members of the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion. “Guantanamo Bay is an operational environment just as important as the frontlines of Iraq or Afghanistan,” Campa told them. Campa also conducted an all-hands call for Naval Base (NB) Kitsap E-6 and below Sailors.