On July 10, 1951 the Battalion was re-commissioned as a MCB and remains an active unit today.

With its ranks full of qualified tradesmen the battalion was quickly given its military indoctrination and processed in less than a month for transit to Port Hueneme, Ca.

[3] "NAS Honolulu" was actually Naval Air Station Barbers Point and it was on CB 5's work list.

On January 10, 1945 CB 5 departed Port Hueneme for Leyte where it arrived February 15.

Set to begin in November 1945, Operation Olympic was intended to capture the southern third of the Japanese island of Kyūshū.

[3] CB 5 was then listed to be tasked to the Operation Beleaguer mission in China, but received notice mid-October that was canceled too.

Cubi Point in the Philippines was selected, and civilian contractors were initially approached for the project.

NAS Cubi Point turned out to be one of the largest earth-moving projects in the world, equivalent to the construction of the Panama Canal.

The $100 million facility was commissioned on 25 July 1956, and comprised an air station with an adjacent pier capable of docking the Navy's largest carriers.