Aug. 26, 2015

CECOS Basic Class 259 Officers Train in Simulated Field Exercise

CECOS Basic Class 259, Squad 1, prepares an After-Action Report following a Landing Craft Air Cushion training exercise held at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme, Calif., Aug. 1. Photo by Ens. Erik T. Booker...

Aug. 26, 2015

30th NCR Returns to Da Nang for Pacific Partnership, 50 Years after Vietnam War

By MCC Lowell Whitman, 30th NCR Public Affairs Capt. James Meyer, commodore, Task Force Forager, greets a representative from the Da Nang People's Committee, Da Nang, Vietnam, Aug. 17. Vietnam is the fifth stop for the Military Sealift Command...

Aug. 26, 2015

BEECAM: NMCB 3 Bids Farewell to Homefront

With a daughter who doesn't want him to leave at his side, UTC Philip Anderton, NMCB 3, musters his platoon before departing on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Pacific region, Port Hueneme, Calif., Aug. 24. While deployed, NMCB 3 will support...

Aug. 24, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Seabees laying concrete for hardstands at a base in England, Feb. 1945. (Photo courtesy of the Seabee Museum) August?23 1943:?87th Naval Construction Bat...

Aug. 20, 2015

Water Safety ? Expect the Unexpected: Wear Your Life Jacket

Never rely on toys such as inner tubes and water wings to stay afloat....

Aug. 19, 2015

Navy Divers Conduct Training Dives Off Roi Island

Article and photos by Jordan Vinson, Associate Editor, The Kwajalein Hourglass ITSN Ryan Marsi (left) and CM2 Tristan De Delva, both assigned to UCT 2, tweak scuba regulators and prepare hundreds of feet of umbilical hoses for the day?s dives ...

Aug. 19, 2015

No Excuses: NSW Junior Enlisted Sailor Achieves Master?s Degree

By MC2 Timothy M. Black, Naval Special Warfare Command Public Affairs...

Aug. 19, 2015

NMCBs 11, 14 Arrive Home From Deployment

By Ens. Via Ronic Snow-Hill, NMCB 11 ET2 Victor Torres, NMCB 11, holds his children during a homecoming ceremony at NCBC Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 7. (Photo by Ens. Via Ronic Snow-Hill/150807-N-XZ945-020) Members of Naval Mobile Construction Ba...

Aug. 17, 2015

THIS WEEK IN SEABEE HISTORY

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

Aug. 13, 2015

Kadena Airmen, Navy Seabees Combine for Joint Training

By Staff Sgt. Maeson L. Elleman, 18th Wing Public Affairs NMCB 5 Seabees and Airmen from 18th Civil Engineering Squadron work together to repair a runway during airfield damage repair, joint contingency training on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa...