Taking command

Navy Lt. Joshua R. Lamb, shown here with his parents, Larry and Tammy Lamb of Gainesville, and grandmother Donnie Neely of Zanoni, took command of the Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (CSFE) Detachment on May 11 at Fort Leonard Wood. Lamb accepted the command from Navy Lt. Nicholas Gegg, who had held the position since 2018. CSFE is the Navy’s representative to the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). It provides administrative support to all Navy personnel and trains equipment operators, engineering aids and mobile utilities support equipment technicians to support combatant and/or component commanders across the full spectrum of military operations. Lamb’s parents and grandmother attended the ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood along with Lamb’s wife, Rachel; their two daughters, Alexandria and Abigail; and Rachel’s parents, Ron and Lori Snider of Washington, D.C.

A 15-year active duty Navy veteran, Lt. Lamb has served with the Seabees in several domestic posts and has also completed deployments in Iraq, Africa, Afghanistan, Spain and Korea. His personal decorations include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards) the Army Achievement Medal and various unit and campaign awards.  A 2005 graduate of Gainesville High School, he is qualified as a Navy Master Training Specialist, Seabee Combat Warfare and Expeditionary Warfare.