Sept. 9, 2014

NMCB 4 Seabees Support Communities in Cambodia

By Lt. j. g. Joseph DeMarzo, NMCB 4 CM2 Timothy Switzer (right) and BU3 Rudy ?Fehrle, both assigned to NMCB 4,?discuss project lay out and plan clearing and grubbing operations for a?restroom construction project at Sam Dech Chea School in Sih...

Sept. 9, 2014

NMCB 4 ?Bees Build New Schools with Philippine Army, Navy

By MC1 Charles Panter, NMCB 4 PAO Seabees from NMCB 4's CCAD Philippines remove debris following demolition of buildings damaged by Typhoon Yolanda in the town of Aloguinsan, Cebu, Philippines, Aug. 26. Photos by CM3 Steven McAlister With t...

Sept. 9, 2014

Surveying Seabee Nation

Here's another opportunity to share your "Can Do" with the Seabee Nation!? We've created a page to help fellow Seabees find other 'Bees, resources and information. Check out the requests below. If you have any information to add, just click on the Fa...

Aug. 29, 2014

NMCB 1 Returns from Unique PACOM Deployment

By MCC Kim Martinez, NMCB 1 Public Affairs The final group of delayed party Seabees from NMCB 1 are greeting by loved ones as they return to their homeport, Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 23, from a six-month ...

Aug. 29, 2014

Commander, 3rd Air Force Visits NMCB 133 Detail Niger

By UTCN Nicholas Werle and BUCN Derek Simpson, NMCB 133 Public Affairs Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson (left), along with Chief Master Sgt. Mark Marson (right), 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force, gives a "thumbs up" with members of NMCB ...

Aug. 29, 2014

?Practice Makes Perfect? for NMCB 133 CCAD Marshall Islands

By Lt. j. g. Meredith Martin, NMCB 133 Public Affairs BUCN Jordan Lloyd, NMCB 133, practices laying corner blocks during a Concrete Block Technical Trainer course, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 1, in preparation for an upcoming deployment to the Marsh...

Aug. 29, 2014

Green and Blue: NMCB 25 Seabees Help Secure Afghan National Police in the Heart of Kabul

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs CE1(SCW) Daniel Povkovich (left) and BU2 (SCW) Lee Boyles, NMCB 25, haul sandbags by rope to the roof of the Kabul Police District 1 (PD-1) headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. A team of NMCB 25 ?Be...

Aug. 28, 2014

Seabee Wins 2014 Spirit of Service Award

By MC3 Amanda L. Owens, Navy Office of Community Outreach Spirit of Service Award Recipient CE2 Porfirio Pimentel, NMCB 11, addresses the general session at the American Legion 96th National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 26. Photo by...

Aug. 28, 2014

LOADEX Sharpens PHIBCB 2?s Rapid Response Skills

Photos by MC3 Taylor Mohr,?PHIBCB 2 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to PHIBCB 2, homeported in Virginia Beach, Va., hang on to the towline of an INLS Warping Tug during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) download operation known as the ...

Aug. 27, 2014

Rendezvous with Penguins: Seabee Construction of the South Pole Dome

Dr. Frank A. Blazich, Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum The timber footings and installation of the dome?s base ring, January 1972. The processed, milled snow foundation and trench for the timber footings can be seen. Source: U.S. Navy Seab...