Aug. 16, 2016

The Seabees' Consolation

By Metalsmith 2nd Class Bernard (Barney) O'Donnell, 117 Naval Construction Battalion Editor?s note: The following poem was sent to Seabee Online by ME2 O?Donnell?s great-nephew, Christopher Werner. From World War II to the present, any Sea...

Aug. 12, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Aug. 14)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum Seabees of CBMU 301 repair a track in Khe Sahn, RVN, 1968. (Photo courtesy ofU.S. Navy Seabee Museum) August?14 1970:?Cmdr. H.E. Keppel Jr., Civil Engineer Corp...

Aug. 12, 2016

Seabees Complete Airfield Parking Pad Construction in Djibouti

A dump truck releases gravel onto the ground to further construction of a parking pad at a Djibouti Airfield, July 28, 2016. Logistical delays, such as gravel delivery, occasionally delayed construction, but the Seabees completed the project ahead of...

Aug. 11, 2016

Seabees, Marines Work Together in Fiji

By Cpl. William Hester, III Marine Expeditionary Force/Marine Corps Installations Pacific U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alex Hernandez (left) and?Steelworker?2nd Class?Samuel Rojas, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4,?bend rebar in prepa...

Aug. 10, 2016

Leadership Changes Hands at Maintenance Battalion

By Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303 Public Affairs Lt. Cmdr. Eric Hass (left) passes the command flag to Lt. Cmdr. Javier Lopez-Martinez during a change of command ceremony for Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 303 aboa...

Aug. 8, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (Week of Aug. 7)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum   Seabee?Team 0406 setting the grade on footing forms for Chieu Hoi housing project, Bao Trai, RVN, 1967. (Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum) ...

Aug. 4, 2016

Seabees Begin Bilateral Training in Timor-Leste

160801-N-DH124-240 DILI, Timor-Leste (Aug. 1, 2016) - A member of the Forsa Defesa Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) explains his course of action for a simulated mission plan to U.S. Navy Lt. j. g. Charity Whitfield, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battali...

Aug. 2, 2016

This Week in Seabee History (July 31)

Seabees with NMCB 7's Delta Company pour generator building walls for Page communication facility, May 25, 1966....

July 28, 2016

NMCB 133 Seabees Train with Ukrainian Marines at Sea Breeze 2016

160725-N-YM856-104 SHIROKY LAN, Ukraine (July 25, 2016) Utilitiesman 1st Class Luis Alarcon, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 shows Ukrainian Marines how to place pickets for a concertina wire structure during Sea Breeze 2016. Sea ...

July 27, 2016

BEECAM: Force Visits Habitat for Humanity at Navy Week

160719-N-WR119-135 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (July 19, 2016) Force Master Chief Percy Trent, attached to Naval Facilities Engineering Command, talks to the project manager of the local Habitat for Humanity organization during a Navy Week event in Sioux Fal...