April 17, 2013

Farewell to Historic Building

Photo by Daryl Smith, 1NCD Demolition begins on the old headquarters building for the First Naval Construction Division (1NCD) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek/Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va. Building 3006 was originally constructed as...

April 17, 2013

U.S.-Philippine Seabees Reach Major Milestone in Footbridge Construction

Philippine Seabee Chief Builder Florentino Calupe, NMCB 3, high-fives BUCN Brittney McGrath, NMCB 5. Photo by MC1 Chris Fahey...

March 26, 2013

CEC Officer Honored as Instructor of the Year

By Susan Lester, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering Public Affairs   Lt. Riley Smith (left) ?assists Ensign Christopher Villalta with his estimating homework during the Construction Management phase of the Civil Engineer Corps O...

March 25, 2013

Naval Construction Group ONE Established During Historic Ceremony

By Shane Montgomery, NCG 1 Public Affairs 30th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) Command Master Chief Curtis Cassell holds a flag bag as 31st Seabee Readiness Group (SRG) Command Master Chief Corey Heinrich retires? the 31st SRG Colors inside. Rea...

March 22, 2013

Seabee Headquarters Begins Realignment

By Daryl Smith, First Naval Construction Division Public Affairs First Naval Construction Division (1NCD), the headquarters organization for the Navy Seabees, began a realignment initiative designed to improve efficiency by eliminating a hea...

March 21, 2013

Water Well Teams Improve Bases, Save Millions

EO3 Class Malcom Fullerton, NMCB 133, controls the water well rig during drilling operations....

March 21, 2013

Marines and Seabees Train to Build and Breach

By Ens. Humberto Baeza, NMCB 5 Public Affairs Seabees assigned to NMCB 5 and Marines from the Combat Assault Battalion (CAB) conduct an urban mobility breaching exercise. Photo by Ensign Humberto Baeza Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction...

March 21, 2013

NAVFAC, Seabees, Civil Engineer Corps Celebrate Unique Heritage

By Don Rochon, Associate Director, Public Affairs & Communications, NAVFAC HQ Naval Facilities Engineering Command Commander and Chief of Civil Engineers Rear Admiral Kate Gregory and retired Rear Adm? Benjamin Montoya present BU1 (SCW) ...

March 21, 2013

The Future of the Seabees

By Rear Adm. Mark A. Handley, Deputy Commander, Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), and Commander, First Naval Construction Division (1NCD) The future of the Navy Seabees is bright.? For the past decade, the Naval Construction Force (...

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...