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Aug. 4, 2017

CTF 75 Successfully Tests HF to Reach U.S. Mainland

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Torrey Lee Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 successfully completed communications systems tests using high-frequency (HF) radio waves to broadcast voice and data 6,050 miles from Naval Base Guam to Port Hueneme, Cali...

Aug. 4, 2017

NMCB 11 Seabees Conduct ADR Training

Builder Constructionman Ronald Kunsman, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 takes notes during an airfield damage repair certification course conducted by Naval Construction Group (NCG) 2 onboard Naval Construction Batt...

Aug. 2, 2017

NMCB 11 Construct Storage Facilities for Marine Corps Logistics Base

A tension fabric structure erected by Seabees located in Naval Support Activity Bahrain. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike Lenart)...

July 30, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 30 - August 5)

Constructionman Camella J. Jones learns how to operate a large crane from a Chief Petty Officer. She was the first woman of the Navy to qualify as a Heavy Equipment Operator and to be assigned to a U.S. Navy Construction Battalion, November 1972. Pho...

July 28, 2017

Friday Gallery: Seabees Around The World

KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Republic of the Marshall Islands (July 21, 2017) Builder Constructionman Emma McCarthy, from Springville, New York, and local apprentice Kalewa level formwork for the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 kindergarten project ...

July 28, 2017

Innovative Training Supports Blackfeet Nation and Army Navy Team

Equipment Operator 2nd Class Devin Perkins, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, lifts cinder blocks during the construction of a small building in Vatobou, Timor-Leste, July 26, 2017. NMCB 3 provides expeditionary construction a...

July 27, 2017

NMCB 1 Opens Health Clinic in Micronesia

KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (May 26, 2017) Builder Constructionman Angelie Giebler, from Abington, Pennsylvania, spreads stucco on the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 Walung Health Clinic project in Kosrae, Federated States of...

July 25, 2017

U.S., French Partners Hone Medical Evacuation Readiness in Djibouti

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Martinez from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One, a maneuver unit of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, uses a radio to call the French Air Force Tactical Airlift Squadron 88 for assistance ...

July 23, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of July 23 - July 29)

EQCM Helen Daniel, command master chief, and BU1 Jonathan Olds, NMCB 74, case the battalion?s colors during a decommissioning ceremony on board NCBC Gulfport, Miss., July 25. Seabees from all eras attended the ceremony, including retired Cmdr. Gordon...

July 21, 2017

NMCB 4 Completes Field Training Exercise

170511-N-XJ502-005 FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. (May 11, 2017) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Andrew Clark, from Charleston, S.C., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, secures skeb steer for movement to the next location during NMC...