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Aug. 28, 2014

Seabee Wins 2014 Spirit of Service Award

By MC3 Amanda L. Owens, Navy Office of Community Outreach Spirit of Service Award Recipient CE2 Porfirio Pimentel, NMCB 11, addresses the general session at the American Legion 96th National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 26. Photo by...

Aug. 28, 2014

LOADEX Sharpens PHIBCB 2?s Rapid Response Skills

Photos by MC3 Taylor Mohr,?PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to PHIBCB 2, homeported in Virginia Beach, Va., hang on to the towline of an INLS Warping Tug during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) download operation known as the ...

Aug. 27, 2014

Rendezvous with Penguins: Seabee Construction of the South Pole Dome

Dr. Frank A. Blazich, Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum The timber footings and installation of the dome?s base ring, January 1972. The processed, milled snow foundation and trench for the timber footings can be seen. Source: U.S. Navy Seab...

Aug. 22, 2014

NMCB 3 Strengthens Safety through Summer Stand Down

By MC1 Chris Fahey, NMCB 3 Public Affairs CM1 Jeremy Harris from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 gives a presentation on vehicular safety and accident preparedness to Navy service members assigned to NMCB 3, NMCB 4 and Naval B...

Aug. 20, 2014

NMCB 4 Relieves NMCB 1 in the Pacific

By MC1 Charles Panter, NMCB 4 PAO Cmdr. Kemit Spears (second from left), commanding officer, NMCB 1, salutes Cmdr. Jeff Lengkeek, commanding officer, NMCB 4, as the responsibility for construction operation in the Pacific transitions during a ...

Aug. 15, 2014

NMCB 4 Deploys to Pacific

By Lt. j.g. Emily J. McCamy, NCG 1 Public Affairs BU1 Ken Daberico, NMCB 4, hugs his family in Port Hueneme, Calif., Aug. 5, before departing with the battalion on a deployment to the Pacific. While deployed, the battalion will support constructi...

Aug. 15, 2014

CPX Key to Success: ?Knowing What to Do and When to Do It?

By MC1 Michael C. Barton, NMCB 11 Public Affairs CEC Eric Montag and CECN Maxwell Mandock, both assigned to NMCB 11, complete a situation report during a command post exercise, Gulfport, Miss., July 28. This training is part of NMCB 11?s homep...

Aug. 15, 2014

CECOS Basic Class 257 Officers Train in Simulated Hostile Environment

By Ens. Cassandra Fach, CECOS Public Affairs Ens. Eric Johnson provides tactical guidance to his squad members during the CECOS Basic Class 257 Field Training Exercise, Point Mugu, Calif. Photo by UTC Scott Field Well before dawn on Jul...

Aug. 14, 2014

30th NCR Seabees Take Charge of Palau Civic Action Team

Submitted by Coleen R. San Nicolas-Perez, Deputy Public Affairs Officer, Joint Region Marianas Outgoing and incoming officers-in-charge of Palau's civic action team, Air Force Capt. Jerrod McComb (left) and Lt. j.g. Rhett Johnson (center), rec...

Aug. 14, 2014

NMCB 133 Seabees Spruce Up Local School

By MC1 (SW) Cliff Williams, NMCB 133 Public Affairs Concentration is the key as BU3 Paul Theile, NMCB 133, completes one of the classrooms at West Elementary School, Gulfport, Miss.? 'Bees spent two days sprucing up classrooms before the start...