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March 20, 2013

NMCB 5 Receives Presidential Unit Citation

NMCB 5 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Peter Maculan and CMDCM Delbert Terrell receive a Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) from Deputy Commander, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and Commander, First Naval Construction Division (1NCD) Rear Adm. Mark...

March 20, 2013

Let's Talk: An Insightful Interview with the Chief

Rear Admiral Kate Gregory serves as the Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command and as the Chief of Civil Engineers, responsible for ?leading Civil Engineer Corps officers, Seabees, and NAVFAC civilians in building and maintaining sustainab...

March 20, 2013

Summary of Mishaps

Courtesy of Naval Facilities Engineering Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Here?s another in our astonishing alphabetic series that illustrates?just how close we sometimes are to the oops and the ouch, even?when doing something that seems fairly ...

March 20, 2013

Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards - Kudos to Media 'Bees!

By NAVFAC HQ Public Affairs & Communications The Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards ? formerly the CHINFO Awards ? were recently announced and Seabees are in the winner?s circle. The program promotes excellence in Navy journalism, photogra...

March 20, 2013

Seabees Survey Site for Balikatan Bridge

A young girl stands aside as Seabees cross a footbridge in Barangay Tapuac, Philippines. The engineers are performing a site survey for a project to build a new footbridge in nearby Salaza village. The footbridge is one of eight engineering civic act...

March 20, 2013

CSFE Detachment Sheppard AFB Announces 2012 Instructor of the Year

Story by UTC Scott Kristek, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Learning Site, Detachment Sheppard Air Force Base Public Affairs UT1(SCW) Thomas Vetter teaches Block 3 of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration to th...

March 20, 2013

CSFE Detachment Sheppard AFB Announces 2012 Sailor of the Year

By UTC Scott Kristek, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Learning Site Detachment Sheppard Air Force Base Public Affairs ? CE1 Phillip Brown (left) explains the proper inspection and reading of an electrical meter to a future Seabee ...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 3 Targets Confidence During Weapons Training

CM3(SCW) Christopher Sanford and CM3 Alex Miley, NMCB 3, shoot three-round bursts from an M240B machine gun during a weapons qualifications and familiarization exercise held at Camp Roberts, Paso Robles, Calif. ...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 133 Seabees Receive Purple Heart in Afghanistan

Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commanding general 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, speaks to Seabees of NMCB 133 following the Purple Heart ceremony on Camp Krutke, Afghanistan. Photo by MC1 Steven Myers...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 15 Leaders Participate in Convoy Simulator Training

Seabees from NMCB 15 perform training to prepare for their final evaluation problem (FEP) before deployment. Photo by MC2 Daniel Garas...