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Dec. 23, 2014

Seabees Receive NAVFAC Hawaii Awards

NAVFAC Hawaii Awards Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal NAVFAC Hawaii Executive Officer Capt. George Suther presents a Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal to UT1 (SCW) Franklyn T. Vasquez at the Self Help Offices, Joint Base P...

Dec. 19, 2014

From Seabee to Judge: Selfless Service to the Nation

By Patty Tascarella, Pittsburgh Business Times Pittsburgh-area Seabees and friends surround Judge Michael McCarthy at the John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.? Bottom Row, L to R: Ralph Lang, Jerry Montecupo, Mike McCarthy, Roland Casasanta, B...

Dec. 17, 2014

BEECAM: A 'Bee Receives his Combat Warfare Specialist Pin

Photo by MCC Kim Martinez Lt. Michael Yoshihara, NMCB 1, receives his Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist designation from Cmdr. Kemit Spears, commanding officer, NMCB 1, during the battalion's 2nd Annual Heritage Ceremony, Gulfport, Miss., D...

Dec. 17, 2014

Homefront: Dinghy Keeps Family Afloat

By Lisa Smith Molinari Quite often, the thing that wakes me in the morning is not my alarm clock. It?s not the National Anthem blaring over the base loudspeakers. It?s not my husband plodding off to the bathroom. And it?s certainly not our tee...

Dec. 17, 2014

Tropical Winter in a Foreign Land: Seabee Christmases in Vietnam

Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum NMCB 74?s Santa Claus spreading joy to the children of Bac Ninh and Nam-O village on Christmas Day 1967. Source: U.S. Navy Seabee Museum This holiday season, many Americans will t...

Dec. 11, 2014

Ceremonies Mark Joint Project Completion in Cambodia

By EO3 Alexander Balaoing, NMCB 4 Ms. Julie Chung, deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, provides the final cut to the ribbon to officially open a new two-room maternity ward at Russey Srok Health Center in Kampot, Cambodia, Dec...

Dec. 11, 2014

Seabee Named Recruit Division Commander of the Year

By MCCS (SW/AW/SCW) Steve Bansbach, Recruit Training Command Public Affairs? Builder 1st Class (SCW) Bayardo Molina was named Recruit Training Command?s (RTC) Recruit Division Commander (RDC) of the Year for 2014. ?I want to say how gratefu...

Dec. 10, 2014

NMCB 4 and RCAF Accomplish Health Initiatives Across Cambodia

By CE3 (SCW) Kevin Bhirdo, NMCB4 CE2 Daniel Neal (center), NMCB 4 Detail Cambodia, reviews a CMU block lay out with his Royal Cambodian Armed Forces counterparts as the crew begins a construction project at the Russey Srok Health Clinic Matern...

Dec. 10, 2014

BEECAM: A 'Bee Debriefs After Return from Western Africa

Photo by MC2 Benjamin Wooddy EOC Jason Knifely, NMCB 133, answers reporters' questions from Hampton, Va., Nov. 25, during a media availability period for service members finishing their 21-day controlled monitoring period at Langley Air Fo...