Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 NMCB 133
NMCB 133 insignia
Active17 September 1943 – 1946
12 August 1966 – present
CountryUnited States
BranchUSN
HomeportConstruction Battalion Center Gulfport
Nickname(s)"Fighting Kangaroos"
Motto(s)"We Build We Fight Can Do"
EngagementsOperation Stalemate II
Iwo Jima
Vietnam War
Operation Provide Comfort
Gulf War
Operation Joint Endeavor
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander
CDR Christopher Archer

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee battalion, homeported at the Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi). The unit was formed during WWII as the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion. It saw action and was decommissioned shortly after the war ended. The unit was reactivated as Mobile Construction Battalion 133 for the Vietnam War and remains an active unit today.