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...

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...