NCBC to name center after Chief

The Chief of Naval Operations has approved Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Miss., to officially name its fitness center for Builder Chief Petty Officer (BUC) Raymond J. Border, who was killed in Afghanistan, 10 years ago today (Oct. 19). Border served 12 years before his death and had volunteered for an Individual Augmentee (IA) return tour to Afghanistan after deploying with the Gulfport-based Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 the previous prior. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star with combat V, Purple Heart and Combat Action Ribbon. The official naming ceremony for the naming of the Raymond J. Border Fitness Center is scheduled for an as yet undisclosed date 2022. The naming of the Fitness Center will allow Seabees to be able to permanently remember and honor one of their fallen Chief Petty Officers. (Source: NCMB 10/19/21) (2) Facebook