April 14, 2014

BEECAM: CENTCOM Seabees Build in Bahrain

SW2?John Vannortrick?(front)?and EOCN?Charles Lindsey,?Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.2, excavate a construction site at Mina Salman Pier, Bahrain, March 20. ?CTG-56.2 provides disaster relief, exercise-related construction and theater security coope...

April 11, 2014

Seabees Epitomize What the 'M' in NMCB Stands For

By MCC Kim Martinez, NMCB 1 Public Affairs? Seabees from NMCB 1, CCAD Timor Leste construct the Railaco Leten Health Clinic with members of the Federal Forces Defense Timor Leste. Photo by SW3 Amanda Reed Seabees from Naval Mobile Construct...

April 10, 2014

NMCB 133 Detail 1 Uses FTX as Time to Shine

By Ens. Krista Bix, BU1 Dean Allen, and LS2 Leslie Schmidt, NMCB 133 Public Affairs SW3 Logan Fields (left) and EOCA Logan Eppley, NMCB 133 Detail 1, cover their sector in a hasty fighting position for the M-240B machine gun during initial occ...

April 9, 2014

Seabee Named Pacific Fleet Shore Sailor of the Year

By CE3 Jessica J. Pettit, NCG 1 Public Affairs [caption id="attachment_5848" align="alignleft" width="246"] BU1 Deanna Dimeo, NMCB 5[/caption] Builder 1st Class Deanna Dimeo, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, was named the 2013 Paci...

April 9, 2014

NMCB 74 SITREP: On the Ground in Cameroon, Djibouti, and Niger

By HM1 Michael Smaltz, UT2 Brendan Hilfers, and EA3 Lawrence Romang, NMCB 74 SW2 Jake Peters (left)?and?UT3 Jedediah Jones,?attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 Detail Cameroon, pour concrete for placement in a "U" ditch. Oper...

April 8, 2014

NMCB 25 Certified for Afghanistan Deployment to Support NEB

By MC2 Anthony R. Martinez, Expeditionary Combat Camera NMCB 25?s Det. 4 is evaluated during a final evaluation problem scenario of field exercise Bearing Duel 01-14, Camp Shelby, Miss., March 21. Bearing Duel 01-14 allows Exercise Control Gro...

April 8, 2014

BEECAM: NMCB 133 Bears Down at Field Training Exercise

BU3 Adam Longstreth (left) and BU3 David Goebel, NMCB 133?s Large Det., prepare to nail plywood on a timber bunker roof during field exercise Bearing Duel 01-14, Camp Shelby, Miss., March 31. Bearing Duel 01-14 provides NCG 2 the opportunity to certi...

April 7, 2014

Civil Engineer, Scholar, Naval Officer: The Life of Rear Adm. Lewis B. Combs

By Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command Rear Adm. Lewis B. Combs speaks before assembled members of the 34th Naval Construction Battalion, Camp Kukum, Guadalcanal, July 23, 1944. Sour...

April 4, 2014

Happy 121st Birthday, Chief Petty Officers

Photos by MCC(SCW/SW/AW) Ryan G. Wilber The Chief Petty Officers (CPOs) attached to NCBC Gulfport hosted a CPO?birthday ceremony at the base Training Hall, April 1. The ceremony, in?recognition of the 121st birthday of the CPO, included several ch...

April 2, 2014

NMCB 25 FTX: Training for Victory, Training to Standard

By MC1 Patrick Gordon, NMCB 25 Public Affairs A member of NMCB 25 runs with a litter to evacuate ?Bees during a mass casualty drill at the battalion?s FTX, March 14. NMCB 25 is training for an upcoming deployment in support of Operation Enduri...