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Sept. 9, 2015

NECC Seabees Participate in IRT Projects to Improve Operational Readiness

By Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs Seabees assigned to Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 are building structures for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in Santa Paula, Calif. that simulate de...

Sept. 1, 2015

Career Tone Survey Has Been Extended

Calling all Reserve Seabees and CEC Officers! Due to IT outages in October, the Career Tone Survey for all Reserve CEC officers and Seabees has been extended!??We encourage everyone to please try again. The survey is up and will be operational?until...

Aug. 31, 2015

BEECAM: Rear Admiral Gregory Visits ELCAS Build Site

By?MC2?Taylor Mohr, PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of Civil Engineers, receives?information about the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) from Equipment Operator 1st Class...

Aug. 26, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees of 75th NCB?convert 55-gallon gas drums into sewage pipes, circa?WWII. (Photo courtesy of the Seabee Museum) Sept. 6 1945:??52nd NCR commissioned...

Aug. 26, 2015

CECOS Basic Class 259 Officers Train in Simulated Field Exercise

CECOS Basic Class 259, Squad 1, prepares an After-Action Report following a Landing Craft Air Cushion training exercise held at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme, Calif., Aug. 1. Photo by Ens. Erik T. Booker...

Aug. 26, 2015

30th NCR Returns to Da Nang for Pacific Partnership, 50 Years after Vietnam War

By MCC Lowell Whitman, 30th NCR Public Affairs Capt. James Meyer, commodore, Task Force Forager, greets a representative from the Da Nang People's Committee, Da Nang, Vietnam, Aug. 17. Vietnam is the fifth stop for the Military Sealift Command...

Aug. 26, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 3 Bids Farewell to Homefront

With a daughter who doesn't want him to leave at his side, UTC Philip Anderton, NMCB 3, musters his platoon before departing on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Pacific region, Port Hueneme, Calif., Aug. 24. While deployed, NMCB 3 will support...

Aug. 24, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees laying concrete for hardstands at a base in England, Feb. 1945. (Photo courtesy of the Seabee Museum) August?23 1943:?87th Naval Construction Bat...

Aug. 20, 2015

Water Safety ? Expect the Unexpected: Wear Your Life Jacket

Never rely on toys such as inner tubes and water wings to stay afloat....