Aug. 28, 2012

Family ?Bees Move On...and On

By Jenn Cobbel, Former NMCB 4 Ombudsman and Family Readiness Group President                     So, summer has been in full swing and anyone having been with the ...

July 19, 2012

New Seabee Headquarters Facility Dedicated at JEB Little Creek

Members of 1NCD view the Heritage Trail from the quarterdeck of the Lt. Carl Milford Olson Building. The new headquarters facility features Seabee history and heritage, a wall of names in memory of Fallen Seabees (pictured at right), and a full persp...

July 19, 2012

Lt. Carl Milford Olson: Pontoon Causeway Pioneer

A tribute to Lt. Carl Milford Olson is a focal point on the quarterdeck of the new 1NCD headquarters building. Letters of condolence to Olson?s family from then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt and then-Secretary of the Navy William Franklin Knox are ...

July 19, 2012

New High-Year-Tenure (HYT) Dates for E1-E3

By NC1(SCW) Robert A. Wetzel, NAVFAC HQ The new High-Year-Tenure (HYT) dates for all Active Duty (ACDU), Full-Time Support (FTS) and Selective Reserve (SELRES) are now in effect, as of July 1, 2012. Q: Who does this affect? A: All E1...

July 19, 2012

NMCB 7 Completes Last Deployment Before Decommissioning

By Rob Mims, Public Affairs Officer, NCBC Gulfport Photos by MCC(SCW/SW/AW) Ryan G. Wilber More than 600 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 returned home to family and friends at Naval Construction Battalion Center (N...

July 19, 2012

WWII Seabees and the Invasion of Sicily

LST "unloading" via causeway and an LCM "using" causeway as a dock....

July 19, 2012

Seabee is Motivated for Beyond the Horizon 2012

By Pfc. Clay Beyersdorfer, 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment EO2 Tynita Russell, NMCB 23, takes a quick break during Beyond the Horizon, Morales, Honduras, where Seabees and U.S. Army engineers work with host nation personnel to build ...

July 19, 2012

NMCB 11 Improves Life at Camp Krutke

?Photos by MC1 Jonathan Carmichael Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 detach a cable from a spool, after which the cable will be buried to provide power to a 10-ton heating, ventilation and air conditioning u...

June 22, 2012

Gulfport Seabees Host SAME Young Engineers

By Lt. j.g. John C. Crew and Lt. j.g. Emma Willich For most of the SAME Young Engineers, the highlight of the day came when they had an opportunity to operate a D6 Dozer and 924 Loader -- with some Seabee assistance -- on board NCBC Gulfpo...

June 22, 2012

CBMU 202 Conducts Expeditionary Medical Exercise

By CBMU 202 Public Affairs Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 'Bees grade a tent site during an integrated Expeditionary Medical Facilities (EMF) exercise, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 10. During the exercise, CBMU 202 teame...