Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of the base's Marine security force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Along with the defensive preparations, MCB 7 teamed with MCB 4 constructing more than 20 miles of perimeter roads and other base facilities in record time. The Battalion was selected "Best of Type" in the Atlantic Fleet and awarded the Battle Efficiency "E" for fiscal year 1963. In 1965 the battalion's deployment was split with the first half at Naval Station Rota and the second half in 1966 at Hue and Phu Bai in Republic of South Vietnam. Danang East was home to the main body in 1967-68 at Camp Adenir. Besides fielding Seabee teams the battalion sent a 28 man detachment the Royal Thai Air Force Base, at Nakhon Phanom, Thailand that deployment. The 1969-70 deployment took NMCB 7 to the combat base at Chu Lai. In August 1970 the battalion was decommissioned at the Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, Rhode Island. While in Vietnam CB 7 had eight Seabee teams all in the south and Mekong delta. 0701 1967 Diên Khánh 0701 1968 Phan Rang 0702 1967 Tân An base camp 0703 1968 Sóc Trăng 0704 1968. Gò Công 0705 1968. Thủ Đức 0706 1969. Lái Thiêu 0707 1969. Rạch Giá 0708 1969. Soc Trang 1980s through 2010s NMCB 7 was commissioned for a third time on 1 August 1985 aboard Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Mississippi under the command of CDR C. David Binning, CEC USNR. The commissioning marked the first time in over 17 years that a new construction battalion had been brought on line. In December 1985, following the completion of a rigorous homeport, NMCB 7 made preparations for their first deployment as a recommissioned unit. The main body deployed to Naval Station Rota Spain with details sent to Bermuda, Greece, Crete, Scotland, Italy, and Germany. On 8 August 1990, the Battalion was ordered to mobilize for redeployment to the Middle East in direct support of Operation Desert Shield. All details except for the Civic Action Team were rolled back to Okinawa within 72-hours. On 10 September, the Air Detachment departed Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa for the Middle East to begin setting up Camp Sierra India Bravo, followed by the advance party on 29 September, and the main body on 10 October. From 1991 through 2002 NMCB 7 completed ten deployments to Naval Station Rota, Spain; Roosevelt