SCWS COMMON CORE 103 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST SCWS STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027
First Naval Construction Divisions (1NCD) - ANS ✔✔Provides command and control over NCR
and Seabee readiness groups (SRG) by providing them planning, training, and resources to
organize, train, operate, and maintain Seabee units. Provides combat construction forces to
fulfill operational and forward engagement requirements of combatant commanders and to
provide engineering support to naval shore activities.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) - ANS ✔✔Provides contigincy services, which
support both adaptive, and crisis action planning, and technical engineering services to the
operating and expeditionary forces of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Naval Amphibious Construction Battalions (ACB or PHIBCB) - ANS ✔✔Conduct ship-to-shore
transportation of bulk fuel/water supplies, materials, and equipment in support to Maritime
Preposition force(MPF) operations. Conduct related COmbat Service Support (CSS) including
general engineering and security support in subsequent operations.
Combatant Command Staff Engineer - ANS ✔✔Help Identify the amound and type of naval
construction forces necessary to provide the capabilities required by a joint force commanders
(JFC) campaign plan
what is the correct hierarch of the following: Commander Fleet Forces Command (CFFC),
Commander First Naval Construction Division (1NCD), Naval Construction Regiment (NCR),
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Seabee Readiness Group (SRG) - ANS ✔✔CFFC,
NECC, 1NCD, NCR, SRG, NCG2
Define Command and Control - ANS ✔✔The exercise of authority and direction by a properly
designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the
mission
, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) - ANS ✔✔Primary Seabee unit for conducting
construction and engineer operations. Provides a full spectrum of general engineering
capabilities for the supported unit.
Underwater Construction Team (UCT) - ANS ✔✔Conducts inshore and deep-ocean- facility
underwater construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance operations and to conduct
amphibious landing support of joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) operations, including
foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA), civil support (CS), and recovery operations
Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) - ANS ✔✔Rapidly deploys flexible and
versatile detahments to provide responsive general engineering support to forces ashore during
contingency operations. Conducts public works functions at expeditionary forward operating
bases, and conducts expeditionary medical facilities (EMFs)
Describe the duties and responsibilities of an NMCB's Command Staff - ANS ✔✔The command
section is responsible for the effective and efficient flow of information, which aides the CO in
mission execution and command functions.
What personnel comprise an NMCB Command Staff - ANS ✔✔CO, XO, CMC
Who reports directly to the CO? - ANS ✔✔Safety officer, Marine Advisor, Ombudsman
List the four executive staff (X-Codes) in an NMCB - ANS ✔✔Chaplain (X1), Dental Officer (X2),
Legal Officer (X3), Medical Officer (X4)
The four executive staff (X-Codes) in an NMCB report directly to whom? - ANS ✔✔Executive
Officer
S1 Department- Admin - ANS ✔✔Responsible for planning, executing, and monitering NMCB's
Administrative and personnel support including: processing correspondence, creating travel
orders, managing instructiins, assisting with legal affairs, supporting public affairs
GUIDE 2026/2027
First Naval Construction Divisions (1NCD) - ANS ✔✔Provides command and control over NCR
and Seabee readiness groups (SRG) by providing them planning, training, and resources to
organize, train, operate, and maintain Seabee units. Provides combat construction forces to
fulfill operational and forward engagement requirements of combatant commanders and to
provide engineering support to naval shore activities.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) - ANS ✔✔Provides contigincy services, which
support both adaptive, and crisis action planning, and technical engineering services to the
operating and expeditionary forces of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Naval Amphibious Construction Battalions (ACB or PHIBCB) - ANS ✔✔Conduct ship-to-shore
transportation of bulk fuel/water supplies, materials, and equipment in support to Maritime
Preposition force(MPF) operations. Conduct related COmbat Service Support (CSS) including
general engineering and security support in subsequent operations.
Combatant Command Staff Engineer - ANS ✔✔Help Identify the amound and type of naval
construction forces necessary to provide the capabilities required by a joint force commanders
(JFC) campaign plan
what is the correct hierarch of the following: Commander Fleet Forces Command (CFFC),
Commander First Naval Construction Division (1NCD), Naval Construction Regiment (NCR),
Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Seabee Readiness Group (SRG) - ANS ✔✔CFFC,
NECC, 1NCD, NCR, SRG, NCG2
Define Command and Control - ANS ✔✔The exercise of authority and direction by a properly
designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the
mission
, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) - ANS ✔✔Primary Seabee unit for conducting
construction and engineer operations. Provides a full spectrum of general engineering
capabilities for the supported unit.
Underwater Construction Team (UCT) - ANS ✔✔Conducts inshore and deep-ocean- facility
underwater construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance operations and to conduct
amphibious landing support of joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) operations, including
foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA), civil support (CS), and recovery operations
Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) - ANS ✔✔Rapidly deploys flexible and
versatile detahments to provide responsive general engineering support to forces ashore during
contingency operations. Conducts public works functions at expeditionary forward operating
bases, and conducts expeditionary medical facilities (EMFs)
Describe the duties and responsibilities of an NMCB's Command Staff - ANS ✔✔The command
section is responsible for the effective and efficient flow of information, which aides the CO in
mission execution and command functions.
What personnel comprise an NMCB Command Staff - ANS ✔✔CO, XO, CMC
Who reports directly to the CO? - ANS ✔✔Safety officer, Marine Advisor, Ombudsman
List the four executive staff (X-Codes) in an NMCB - ANS ✔✔Chaplain (X1), Dental Officer (X2),
Legal Officer (X3), Medical Officer (X4)
The four executive staff (X-Codes) in an NMCB report directly to whom? - ANS ✔✔Executive
Officer
S1 Department- Admin - ANS ✔✔Responsible for planning, executing, and monitering NMCB's
Administrative and personnel support including: processing correspondence, creating travel
orders, managing instructiins, assisting with legal affairs, supporting public affairs
