Aug. 20, 2013

NMCB 3 Deploys to Pacific

Photos by MC1 Chris Fahey NMCB 3 Seabees have arrived ?in the Pacific to begin the official turnover of all equipment, office spaces and ongoing projects from NMCB 5. NMCB 3 deploys as either a full battalion or as a group of autonomous detachment...

Aug. 19, 2013

CECOS Basic Class FTX Moves to Point Mugu

By Susan Lester, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Public Affairs Students and staff from the 255th Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) Basic Course participated in a five-day, scenario-driven, realistic Field Training Exe...

Aug. 16, 2013

Seabees Rescue Japanese Students at Kamakura Beach

Story and photos by NAVFAC Far East Public Affairs MMC (SW/AW) Robby F. McKinney recounts rescue at Kamakura Beach.? When MMC (SW/AW) Robby F. McKinney and BU1 (SCW/EXW) Mark A. Wells headed to a Japanese beach for some surfing July 5, they...

Aug. 15, 2013

Homefront: She's a Rich Military Kid

By Lisa Smith Molinari In the darkness of Room 318, my husband?s gravely snore could be heard over the rattle of the air conditioner. Normally unable to sleep with any kind of racket, I was out like the proverbial light, my mouth agape from th...

Aug. 9, 2013

NMCB 5 Returns from Pacific

EA2 Randy Stump passes a sea bag to SW3 Brandon Fletcher while NMCB 5 prepares to redeploy their advanced party back to Port Hueneme, Calif. While deployed, NMCB 5 was headquartered on Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan and had Seabees deployed to 20 dif...

Aug. 7, 2013

Seabee Donates Stem Cells to Save a Life

By MC1?Jonathan Carmichael HM1 Gerald Jackson of the Naval Branch Health Clinic administers a Filgrastim shot to SW2 Andrew King, NMCB 11, on board NCBC Gulfport. The shot is a synthetic hormone designed to increase the number of blood stem ce...

Aug. 6, 2013

Seabees Recognized for Horn of Africa Efforts

By U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antoinette Gibson,?CJTF-HOA Public Affairs NMCB 4 Seabees salute U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Terry Ferrell, Combined Joint Task Force?Horn of Africa commanding general, during an awards ceremony at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti...

July 31, 2013

Counter-IED Training Still a Must for Seabees

By MCC(SCW/SW/AW) Ryan G. Wilber An improvised explosive device lies buried in the dirt, out of sight of a Humvee, during counter-improvised explosive device and explosive ordnance disposal training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 30, 2012. ...

July 25, 2013

The Next Word: Rear Adm. Paula Brown

By Rear Adm. Paula Brown...

July 19, 2013

MRAP Retrograde

ET2 Jarrod Long,NMCB 15, searches through Mine Resistant Armored Protected vehicles as he prepares them for retrograde, Camp Krutke, Afghanistan. NMCB 15 is currently mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and is an expeditionary element ...