Naval Reserve

Reserve Naval Construction Force

Organizational History of Units

Reserve Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

(other than RNCF/1st Brigade Seabee units)

Reference:         1) Directory Naval Reserve CEC Officers (1979)
  2) Directory Naval Reserve CEC Officers (P1-R) (1989)
  3) Directory Naval Reserve CEC Officers (P1-R) (1999)

1st RNCB

The commissioned reserve units, such as Reserve NMCBs, CBMUs, NCFSUs, etc. were authorized beginning with battalions in July 1960. During that decade the battalion headquarters element and the attached Seabee companies were organized reporting to the Naval Reserve's Naval Districts (later retitled Naval Reserve Readiness Commands).

In 1969 the 1st Reserve Naval Construction Brigade (1st RNCB), was established as a flag command and operated within the Naval Reserve with management responsibility to include all reserve Seabee construction units. Those units are described elsewhere on this web site. The units were unofficially often collectively referred to as "The Green Machine".

RNCF

The establishment of the Reserve Naval Construction Force (RCNF) occurred in 1971. This umbrella organization encompassed not only the Seabee units of the 1st Reserve Naval Construction Brigade but also the Naval Reserve facilities engineering related units and staff billets organized to be filled with Reserve Civil Engineer Corps officers. The R-CEC officer assignments, including assignments to Readiness Command billets, were managed under the RNCF from that point forward. Naval Reserve Readiness Commands (REDCOM) retained input into some individual staff billets (for 5105 designator billets) such as the 'REDCOM Facilities/Staff Civil Engineer'. Those staff billets are not listed below.

Each unit in Table 1 below was made up of reserve CEC officers with enlisted men and women. This organization was sometimes unofficially referred to as "The Khaki Machine".

The organization of the Reserve Naval Construction Force changed from decade to decade to conform to existing support requirements.

Augment?

Unit

 Element

Location

Directory Year
1979 1989 1999

Y

 NR Construction Battalions PACIFIC HQ Los Alamitos, CA

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Y

 RN Construction Battalions PACIFIC HQ Santa Barbara, CA  

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x

Y

 30th Reserve Naval Construction Regiment HQ NRC Cape Girardeau, MO

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x

  

Y

 NR CBC Port Hueneme HQ N&MCRC San Bruno, CA

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Y

 NR CBC Port Hueneme HQ Santa Barbara, CA  

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Y

 NR CBC Port Hueneme HQ CBC Port Hueneme, CA    

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Y

 NR CBMU 302 HQ N&MCRC Denver, CO

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x

  

Y

 NR Construction Battalions ATLANTIC HQ AFRC Washington, DC

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Y

 RN Construction Battalions ATLANTIC HQ Norfolk, VA  

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x

Y

 20th Reserve Naval Construction Regiment HQ N&MCRC Atlanta, GA

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x

Y

 21st Reserve Naval Construction Regiment HQ CBC Davisville, RI

●

●

x

Y

 NR CBC Gulfport HQ N&MCRC Atlanta, GA

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Y

 NR CBC Gulfport HQ CBC Gulfport, MS  

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●

Y

 NR CBC Davisville HQ N&MCRC Providence, RI

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x

Y

 31st Reserve Naval Construction Regiment HQ Santa Barbara, CA  

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x
  NR CINCUSNAVEUR Construction Manager/Fleet Civil Engineer HQ Washington, DC  

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x

N

 ACOS/CM - Mediterranean Branches (ACOS/CM Det)          
N ACOS/CM Det A Washington, DC  

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x
N ACOS/CM Det E San Francisco, CA  

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x
N ACOS/CM Det D Norfolk, VA  

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x
N ACOS/CM Det B Washington, DC  

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x
N ACOS/CM Det C Houston, TX  

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x
  Fleet Civil Engineer Branch (FLTCE)          
N FLTCE N77 Great Lakes, IL  

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x
N FLTCE Det A Washington, DC  

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x
N CNAVEUR  FPO New York NY Det 130 London, UK  

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x
  NR, OICC (Officer-In Charge of Construction)          
N NR OICC Med   Louisville, KY  

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x
N NR OICC SOUEUR   Atlanta, GA  

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x
  Reserve Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters          
N NR NAVFAC HQ   National  

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x
N NR NAVFAC East   Great Lakes, IL  

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x
N NR NAVFAC West   Denver, CO  

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x
N RD, NAVFAC Engineering Field Division (NR EFD)   Philadelphia, PA  

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x
N NR EFD CHES/LANT   Washington, DC  

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x
N NR EFD CHES/LANT   Washington, DC  

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x
N NR EFD SOUTH   Jacksonville, FL  

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x
N NR EFD WESTDIV   San Bruno, CA  

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x
N NR EFD PACDIV   Dallas, TX  

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x
N NR EFD PACDIV Det Det Houston, TX  

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x
N NR PWC Guam   Bremerton, WA  

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x
N NR PWC East   St Paul, MN  

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x
N NR PWC West   San Diego, CA  

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x
N NR PWC Subic Bay   Alameda, CA  

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x
N NR PWC Yoko/Pearl   Honolulu, HI  

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x
N NR NAVFAC INST(Instructional)   Port Hueneme, CA    

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N NR OICC PAC   San Diego, CA    

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N NR EFD PAC   San Diego, CA    

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N NR EEU PAC   San Diego, CA    

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N NR EEU PAC Det A   Silverdale, WA    

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N NR OICC LANT   Norfolk, VA    

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N NR EFD LANT   Norfolk, VA    

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N NR EEU LANT   Norfolk, VA    

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N NR TCEM EUR   Providence, RI    

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N NR RCEM EUR East   Providence, RI    

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N NR RCEM EUR West   Round Rock, TX    

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N NR TCEM PACOM   Honolulu, HI    

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N NR JTFCEM A PACOM   Ft. Lewis, WA    

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N NR JTFCEM B PACOM   San Diego, CA    

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N NR RCEM NAVCENT   Tampa, FL    

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N NR NAVEUR N7 AUG   Great Lakes, IL    

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N

NR CEM SOUTHCOM

   Hialeah, FL    

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TABLE 1: Organization of Naval Reserve Construction Force Units: 1979, 1989, 1999

Unless otherwise indicated the units shown were unique units with a reserve CEC Commanding Officer in a leadership position.

 

Forward comments, additions or corrections to: Larry G. DeVries, CAPT CEC USNR (Ret.)