March 20, 2013

Things Have Changed?Yet Remained the Same

By Rear Adm. David Boone, Director Shore Readiness Division (OPNAV N46) Retirement is upon me ? April 12th, 2013. But it seems like only yesterday?I? graduated from college and was on a plane to Rota, Spain, to join NMCB 40 on deployment. That...

March 20, 2013

Brothers Reunite While Deployed to Afghanistan

By MC1 Steven Myers, Task Force Anchor Public Affairs UT2 Samuel Cullins (right), NMCB 133, Task Force Anchor, poses with his younger brother, Pvt. 1st Class Stephen Cullins, 187th Infantry Regiment, during a visit while both are deployed to Afg...

March 20, 2013

NMCB 5 Receives Presidential Unit Citation

NMCB 5 Commanding Officer Cmdr. Peter Maculan and CMDCM Delbert Terrell receive a Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) from Deputy Commander, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and Commander, First Naval Construction Division (1NCD) Rear Adm. Mark...

March 20, 2013

Let's Talk: An Insightful Interview with the Chief

Rear Admiral Kate Gregory serves as the Commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Command and as the Chief of Civil Engineers, responsible for ?leading Civil Engineer Corps officers, Seabees, and NAVFAC civilians in building and maintaining sustainab...

March 20, 2013

Summary of Mishaps

Courtesy of Naval Facilities Engineering Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Here?s another in our astonishing alphabetic series that illustrates?just how close we sometimes are to the oops and the ouch, even?when doing something that seems fairly ...

March 20, 2013

Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards - Kudos to Media 'Bees!

By NAVFAC HQ Public Affairs & Communications The Russell Egnor Navy Media Awards ? formerly the CHINFO Awards ? were recently announced and Seabees are in the winner?s circle. The program promotes excellence in Navy journalism, photogra...

March 20, 2013

Seabees Survey Site for Balikatan Bridge

A young girl stands aside as Seabees cross a footbridge in Barangay Tapuac, Philippines. The engineers are performing a site survey for a project to build a new footbridge in nearby Salaza village. The footbridge is one of eight engineering civic act...

March 20, 2013

CSFE Detachment Sheppard AFB Announces 2012 Instructor of the Year

Story by UTC Scott Kristek, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Learning Site, Detachment Sheppard Air Force Base Public Affairs UT1(SCW) Thomas Vetter teaches Block 3 of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration to th...

March 20, 2013

CSFE Detachment Sheppard AFB Announces 2012 Sailor of the Year

By UTC Scott Kristek, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Learning Site Detachment Sheppard Air Force Base Public Affairs ? CE1 Phillip Brown (left) explains the proper inspection and reading of an electrical meter to a future Seabee ...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 3 Targets Confidence During Weapons Training

CM3(SCW) Christopher Sanford and CM3 Alex Miley, NMCB 3, shoot three-round bursts from an M240B machine gun during a weapons qualifications and familiarization exercise held at Camp Roberts, Paso Robles, Calif. ...