Sept. 18, 2015

PWD Yokosuka Recognizes NMCB 5?s Efforts

By James Johnson, NAVFAC Far East Public Affairs NMCB 5 Seabees UT3 Seth Taylor, CE3 Spencer Bouchard, and SW3 Brandon demolish the existing Briggs Bay Wall while BUCN Janelle Bencic installs fall protection barricades on board Fleet Activit...

Sept. 18, 2015

NMCB 3 Completes Turnover, Assumes Charge of Pacific Region NCF Operations

By MC1 (SW) Michael Gomez, NMCB 3 Public Affairs UTC Philip Anderton, NMCB 3, places the battalion seal on the Camp Shields sign during a Transfer of Authority ceremony, a brief service when the incoming battalion formally relieves the outgoin...

Sept. 14, 2015

BEECAM: Rear Adm. Gregory Visits ELCAS

? Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, NAVFAC, and chief of civil engineers, speaks with SW2 Brent Cook, PHIBCB 2, during a visit to the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) build exercise aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Au...

Sept. 14, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Two Seabees assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU)?301 stand?outside their bunker, which was?located near the runway they were building...

Sept. 10, 2015

BEECAM: MCPON Visits China Lake

MCPON Mike Stevens speaks with Seabees during his visit to Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif., Aug. 28. This visit marks Stevens? first time in China Lake, and is part of a two-week visit to various commands in the Navy's Southwest Region. ...

Sept. 10, 2015

In the Shadow of Death: 9/11 Remembered

By Lisa Smith Molinari Fourteen years ago, I gasped audibly, slapped my hands over my mouth and felt the queasy sting of tears. I had just seen live footage of the south tower of the World Trade Center collapse to the ground in a horrifying ex...

Sept. 10, 2015

Navy Therapy Dog Promoted to Vice Admiral

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Sept. 9, 2015

NECC Seabees Participate in IRT Projects to Improve Operational Readiness

By Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Public Affairs Seabees assigned to Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 are building structures for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in Santa Paula, Calif. that simulate de...

Aug. 31, 2015

BEECAM: Rear Admiral Gregory Visits ELCAS Build Site

By?MC2?Taylor Mohr, PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and chief of Civil Engineers, receives?information about the Elevated Causeway System (ELCAS) from Equipment Operator 1st Class...

Aug. 26, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees of 75th NCB?convert 55-gallon gas drums into sewage pipes, circa?WWII. (Photo courtesy of the Seabee Museum) Sept. 6 1945:??52nd NCR commissioned...