Feb. 1, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Jan. 31)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Team 0809?erecting A?quonset tool storage area, Can Tho, Republic of Vietnam, 1968?.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) January 31 1944:?131st N...

Feb. 1, 2016

NMCB 11 Honors Heritage with Squad-level Competition

By Cmdr. Jorge R. Cuadros, NMCB 11 BU2 Caleb Walters (left) and ITSN Jeffrey Dumag program radios with crypto in close to record time, Heritage Squad Challenge Competition, Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 21. (Photo by Ens. Via Ronic Snow-Hill/160121-N-...

Feb. 1, 2016

NMCB 3 Tackles Japan?s Jungle

By MC1 Michael Gomez, NMCB 3 Public Affairs CECN Jacob H. Raines, NMCB 3, fights through knee-high mud and water while running a six-hour endurance course at the Marine Corps Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12. NMCB 3 ...

Feb. 1, 2016

Camp Lemonnier Undergoes First ROWPU Filter Upgrade

By Lt. Desiree V. Woodman, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti CM1 Joe Gugala, Public Works Department, explains how the Human-Machine Interface monitors and controls the Reverse Osmosis Water Purifying Unit plant, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 28. (Ph...

Jan. 25, 2016

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Jan. 24)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabee Team 1011?attempting to place form for footing of a pier, Republic of Vietnam, 1968?.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) January 24 1946:?36th N...

Jan. 21, 2016

Navy Seabees - We Build, We Fight

Three-minute promotional video from First Naval Construction Division showcasing the role of the Navy Seabees around the world. Forward deployed, Seabees provide critical support during combat operations, humanitarian missions and disaster recovery e...

Jan. 20, 2016

BEECAM: CNO Visits NMCB 133 Tech Training Site

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson places a cinder block at NMCB 133's tech training site, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 8. Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens observed builder a...

Jan. 20, 2016

Seabees Help Girl Scouts Earn Wood Working Badge

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 Members of NMCB 1?s Female Mentorship Program assists Girl Scout Troop 12 with the construction of three coat racks for the local Girl Scout Hut, Camp Mitchell, Naval Station Rota, Spain, Oct. 28, 2015. (Photo by ...

Jan. 17, 2016

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY (Week of Jan. 17)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees climb down a landing net in a ship-to-shore move during military training, March 1944.?(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) January 17? 1968:?The...

Jan. 15, 2016

BEECAM: NMCB 27 Constructs Runway in Djibouti

BU3 Andrew Lentine, NMCB 27, constructs form work during a runway apron expansion project in Chebelley, Djibouti, Dec. 17, 2015. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concer...