Sept. 29, 2015

NMCB 3 Seabees Strengthen Skills While Supporting the Army

By CM3 Zachary M. Miller, NMCB 3, Alfa Company Public Affairs NMCB 3's Crane Crew prepares to lift a cargo container to support the U.S. Army?s 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery unit on Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 22. (...

Sept. 28, 2015

Three Deployed NMCB 1 Seabees Pinned to Chief Petty Officer

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1? CECS Jennifer Read places a combination cover on her husband, SWC Jason Read, NMCB 1, during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony on board Naval Station Rota, Spain, Sept. 16. (Photo by MC1 Brannon Deugan/15091...

Sept. 28, 2015

Marshall Islands Students Tutored by NMCB 1 Seabees

By MC1 Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1? BU1 Nicholas Kotos (left) and UTCN Valerie Trevino, both assigned to NMCB 1, tutor Ebeye Island students in preparation for the ASVAB test at Ebeye Islands, Marshall Islands, Sept. 19. (Photo by HM2 Isaac P. Caji...

Sept. 28, 2015

Homefront: Will school changes hurt kids in the long run?

By Lisa Smith Molinari By now, kids are back into the swing of school, reestablishing seats in the cafeteria, slipping prohibited gum paraphernalia into their pockets and whispering in the hallways about the latest crushes. But not every ki...

Sept. 28, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command...

Sept. 24, 2015

NMCB 5?s CCAD Tackles Difficult Construction in Timor-Leste

By Lt. James Ambat, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5's Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) in Timor-Leste held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Ermera Bridges project in the v...

Sept. 23, 2015

NMCB 133 Seabees volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

By MC1 Cliff Williams, NMCB 133 Public Affairs EA3 Johnathon Grantham, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, uses an air compressor nail gun to hang wood siding on house during a community relations project with Habitat f...

Sept. 22, 2015

NMCB 1 Builds Relationships with Warehouse Construction on Kwajalein

By?MC1 Class Brannon Deugan, NMCB 1 Public Affairs BU3 Justin Weeks, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) Marshall Islands, places a bolt in support beams for a pre-engineered bu...

Sept. 22, 2015

NMCB 4 Prepares for Deployment with Water Well Training

Submitted by MCC (SW/AW) Lowell Whitman, 30th NCR Public Affairs, NCG 1 ? EO3 Cyril Conanan and CM3 Tucker Lowell, NMCB 4, repair a mud pump on a drilling rig during water well training, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Photo by UT3 Stephen Sisler/...

Sept. 21, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Members of a Seabee Team in 1963 show off their rates.?These teams could be tailored to fit any size task, but normally consisted of one junior Civil E...