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March 17, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 17 - 23

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_11591" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees with CBMU 301 fixing a bulldozer's track near Khe Sanh in 1968. (Photo courtesy of th...

March 10, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 10 - 16

On this Day in Seabee History: 12 March 1942 - The Navy shipped out scores of trucks with vital materials and equipment to be used for the the construction of Advance Base Depot Port Hueneme. This photograph, taken in November 1943 shows the expansi...

March 5, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 3 - March 9

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13819" align="alignnone" width="632"] As part of an open house held to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Civil Engineer Corps ...

Feb. 26, 2019

Cobra Gold 19: Four Nations Come Together to Build

U.S., Republic of Korea, Royal Thai Navy and People?s Liberation Army reveal the plaque of the newly-constructed building during the the dedication ceremony of the building as part of Cobra Gold 19 at Rayong, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 18, 2019. Exe...

Feb. 26, 2019

Birthday Message from the Chief of Civil Engineers

  https://youtu.be/oUayQjkyKH8 From?Rear Adm. John Korka, Chief of Civil Engineers Every year at this time we pause to remember the history of our Navy's Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and fighting Seabees; reflect upon our successes; and r...

Feb. 26, 2019

MCPON Visits Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering

190212-N-GF511-0003 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell L. Smith (right) responds to a question from Ensign Dustin Burkett, a student assigned to Civil Engineer Corp Officers School Basic Class ...

Feb. 26, 2019

Seabees Proud to Serve People of Tinian as DSCA Support Comes to Close

190126-N-UN413-1010 TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Jan. 26, 2019) Steelworker 3rd Class Justin Panelo and Builder 3rd Class Jacob Gillam, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Det. Tinian, cut down a displaced tree...

Feb. 26, 2019

NMCB-3 Seabees Complete Palawan School House

190207-N-YK261-1012 PALAWAN, Philippines (Feb. 7, 2019) Lt. j.g. Curtis Weis, officer in charge of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, Construction Civic Action Detail Palawan, delivers remarks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate ...

Feb. 24, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: February 24 - March 2

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13791" align="alignnone" width="640"] U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps insignia, circa 1905. On March 2, 1867, an act of Congress pro...

Feb. 19, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: February 17 - 23

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Beginning in February 1981: When President Ronald W. Reagan became president on February 6, 1980, his ranch, Rancho Del Cielo in Santa Barbara, California, ...