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Oct. 31, 2014

BEECAM: NMCB 11 Day 1

?Photo By MC1 Michael C. Barton UCCM Keith Lefebvre, NMCB 11, speaks with Seabees of Det. Two about the convoy brief scheduled during the battalion's Field training Exercise (FTX), Camp Shelby, Miss. Lt. j.g. James Harder, NMCB 11, ...

Oct. 31, 2014

Confluence of War: The Battle of the Atlantic, Iceland and Seabee Origins

Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Part of the assignment for the Bobcats involved emplacing several 7-inch coastal defense guns on Bora Bora?s heights. Without the use of heavy equipment, the men accomplished the tas...

Oct. 27, 2014

NMCB 5 Challenges Command and Control Expertise During FTX

Photos by MC1 John P. Curtis Using realistic scenarios in a field environment, Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 evaluated Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 during the final field training exercise (FTX), Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., in ...

Oct. 23, 2014

NMCB 11 Departs for FTX

By MC1 Michael C. Barton, NMCB 11 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to NMCB 11 load all required gear, Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 12, before departing for the unit's Field Training Exercise (FTX) on Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. The scheduled two-w...

Oct. 23, 2014

NMCB 3 Nears Completion of New Small-Arms Range Facility

By MC1 Chris Fahey, NMCB 3 Seabees from NMCB 3 construct scaffolding structures at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif., Oct. 8. Photo by MC1 Chris Fahey A crew of seven Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 surg...

Oct. 20, 2014

BEECAM: NMCB 5 Conducts Airfield Damage Repair

?Photo by MC1 John P. Curtis BUCN Chelsey Peralesmona, NMCB 5, places a spacer into aluminum (AM-2) matting during an airfield damage repair (ADR) exercise, Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., Sept. 17. The exercise is one of the Seabee bat...

Oct. 17, 2014

UCT 1 on the Dive Side

Story courtesy of Expeditionary Combat Camera BU1 Carlos Hernandez, UCT 1, aboard USNS Apache (T-ATF-172), conducts structural and environmental survey of Tactical Air Combat Training System (TACTS) towers for future demolition operations. Pho...

Oct. 16, 2014

NMCB 4 ?Bees Build School Facility and Relationships in Cambodia

By?CE3 Kevin Bhirdo, NMCB 4 Ms. Chheng Phat, school director, Samdech Chea Sim Primary School, provides the final cut to the ribbon during a ceremony, Oct. 2, that marked the official turnover of a five-stall head facility constructed for the ...

Oct. 16, 2014

Building the Future of Afghanistan, One Stitch at a Time

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs Interpreter Amy Adl (far left) watches as ANA 2nd Lt. Fardin Poyah (center) practices suturing techniques on a butchered cow?s leg under the instruction of HMC (SCW) Jeffrey Loftus , NMCB 25, in ...

Oct. 16, 2014

NCG 2 Seabee Dedicated to Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

By EA3 Lawrence Romang, NCG 2 Public Affairs EO1 Doug Pojeky feeds a bald eagle that came to Wild at Heart Rescue with wing damage. After a fight with an osprey and injury from electrical wires, the eagle is showing steady improvement at the r...