240112-N-BR551-1010 OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 12, 2024) – Lt. Cmdr. Michael Mitsch, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, salutes Lt. Cmdr. Alexander Rovinsky, NMCB 4 executive officer, during morning quarters. NMCB 4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB 4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Dakota Rayburn)