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Dec. 29, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (December 29 - January 4)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13705" align="alignnone" width="640"] A Seabee recruiting brochure, circa 1942. On Jan. 5 of that year, the Bureau of Navigation (now the Naval Per...

Dec. 22, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (December 22-28)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command Throughout December 1990: Among the major projects completed during Operation "Desert Shield" were a headquarters complex for the First Marine Expeditionary Force and a 15,...

Dec. 16, 2019

NMCB 22: Let's Stay in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (Dec. 14, 2019) The Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 22 musters outside of the Navy Operational Support Center on board Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. NMCB 22 conducted a four-day training evolutio...

Dec. 15, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (December 15-21)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13687" align="alignnone" width="640"] The first B-29 Superfortress bombers land Dec. 21, 1944, at North Field on Tinian, the massive airbase being ...

Dec. 13, 2019

Seabees and Air Force Train Together

191114-N- HV374-0004 YIGO, Guam (Nov. 14, 2019) Builder Constructionman Hannah Haynes, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, guides a forklift to place Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) for rapid repair of damaged airfield pavement....

Dec. 8, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (December 8-14)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_15572" align="alignnone" width="640"] Rear Adm. R.O. Glover, 7th Fleet Forces commander, awards the Navy Silver Star to Machinist's Mate 3rd Class ...

Dec. 1, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (December 1-7)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_15519" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees constructed tent city as part of Operation Sea Signal. Joint Task force 160 constructed facilities to...

Nov. 25, 2019

Preparing for Native Fury 2020

191111-N-JX361-1137 DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (November 11, 2019) Sailors aboard Military Sealift Command 2nd Lt John P. Bobo-class maritime prepositioning ship USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) guide a boat off the ship ...

Nov. 24, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (November 24-30)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_15489" align="alignnone" width="633"] 111 NCB Normandy, France on Thanksgiving. (Courtesy of U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)[/caption] November 24 1944: ...

Nov. 17, 2019

This Week in Seabee History (November 17-23)

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, while an aircraft lands. Beginning in 1955, Seabees began deploying yearly to...