May 29, 2014

Homefront: An Annual Dose of Dirt

By Lisa Smith Molinari I?ve got dirt under my fingernails. There's a blister the size of Delaware on my thumb. My face is sunburned in a distinctive raccoon pattern around my sunglasses. I?m walking with a slight limp, thanks to the pain in my...

May 28, 2014

BEECAM: Seabees Improve Roadways in Djibouti

EO2 Elijah Godbold, NMCB 74 Det. Horn of Africa, makes road improvements using the grader at a remote area in Djibouti, April 1. Improving the roadways helps ensure that other units of Civil Engineer Support Equipment are able to travel safely. NMCB ...

May 28, 2014

NMCB 25 Honors the Fallen in Memorial Day Service at Camp Phoenix

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs Members of the NMCB 25 flag detail prepare to parade the colors past a memorial display of an upturned rifle during a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan, May 26. Photos by MC1 Patri...

May 23, 2014

Seabees Bring Expertise to Humanitarian Projects in Indonesia

By Lt. Theresa Donnelly, Pacific Partnership (South) Public Affairs BU3 Charles Cummings (left), a native of Staunton, Va., assigned to NMCB 1, welcomes Capt. Rodney Moore, commodore, 30th NCR, to the Tuadale School, West Kupang, Indonesia, Ma...

May 22, 2014

NMCB 3 Improves Track for Local Elementary School

By MC1 Chris Fahey, NMCB 3 Public Affairs BU2 Thad Dodds, left, and EO1 Manny Figueroa both from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 rake out freshly poured gravel while volunteering at Port Hueneme?s Richard Bard Elementary School May 17. P...

May 22, 2014

NMCB 1 Meets CNP and Fleet Master Chief at Okinawa All-Hands Call

Photos by MCC Kim Martinez, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Seabees from NMCB 1 attended an all-hands call with the Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Bill Moran and Fleet Master Chief April Beldo, May 21, aboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan, where topics ...

May 19, 2014

BEECAM: Annual Bee Wash

(From left to right) Rodney Duggins, site director and supply officer,?NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, Mae Duke, executive assistant to?the NCBC Gulfport commanding officer (CO), Cmdr. Gordie Meyer, executive?officer, NCBC Gulfport, and K...

May 16, 2014

Rear Adm. Gregory Addresses Civil Engineer Corps Basic School Class Graduates

By Ens. Elizabeth Olokode, CECOS Public Affairs Rear Adm. Katherine Gregory (left), Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and Chief of Civil Engineers, and Capt. Kevin Brown, commanding officer, Center for Seabees and Facili...

May 16, 2014

30th NCR Departs for Pacific Partnership

By Lt. Theresa Donnelly, Pacific Partnership 2014 (South) Public Affairs NMCB 1 Seabees install parts for a solar pump engineering project, Rote, Indonesia, May 14, during an advance party engagement with 30th NCR, in cooperation with local pa...

May 15, 2014

Homefront: Finding Freedom While Stuck in Philly

By Lisa Smith Molinari, Seabee Online Homefront Contributor Last week, in an ironic twist of fate, I spent Military Spouse Appreciation Day stuck in the Philadelphia Airport for hours trying to get back to Rhode Island. It all started when ...