Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 15 Leaders Participate in Convoy Simulator Training

Seabees from NMCB 15 perform training to prepare for their final evaluation problem (FEP) before deployment. Photo by MC2 Daniel Garas...

Feb. 14, 2013

Seabees Lift Up Philippine Community

SWCN?Joseph Caruso,?NMCB 5,?takes time out to play with some local children in Barangay Tagburos, Puerto Princesa City, Philippines.?The Seabees from NMCB 5 renovated a masonry classroom building for the Aplaya Elementary School. Read story here. Ph...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 5 Renovates Philippines? Aplaya Elementary School Building

By CECN Quennie May Bumatay, NMCB 5 Public Affairs EOCN?Mark Teri Bascon,?NMCB 5,?operates the Skid-steer to move earth and fill around the construction site?as the battalion?sconstruction civic action detail (CCAD) Philippines?renovates?a mas...

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 5 Builds Relations in Timor Leste

BU2 Christopher Murray, left and BU3 John Montecalvo, right, NMCB 5, escort the honorable Judith Fergin, U.S. ambassador to Timor Leste around the Metinaro Primary School project site, Timor Leste....

Feb. 14, 2013

NMCB 5 Seabees Join Thai Counterparts in Cobra Gold

BU3 Travis Klawonn, NMCB 5, helps place concrete for the school foundation....

Feb. 14, 2013

"First and Finest" Return Home

Photos by MCC Ryan G. Wilber[gallery ids="3041,3042,3043,3044,3045,3046,3047" orderby="rand"] Family and friends welcomed home more than 190 Seabees assigned to NMCB 1, Main Body, Advanced Party, at the Training Hall on board NCBC Gulfport, Miss.,...

Feb. 14, 2013

The Seabees and <i>Operation Passage to Freedom</i>, Vietnam, 1954

Refugees board the USS Bayfield, 1954....

Jan. 24, 2013

NMCB 133 Anchors Projects in Afghanistan

BUCN Phillip Schwenk (right) and BU3 Brian Gilliam, NMCB 133, Task Force Anchor, install an interior door at a project site aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Jan. 16. Photo by MC1 Steven Myers...

Jan. 24, 2013

U.S., Ethiopian Militaries Partner in Water Well Drilling Exercise

link="file" columns="4"] By Staff Sgt. Christopher Ruano, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 Seabees assigned to Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa partnered with Ethiopian National ...

Jan. 24, 2013

Seabee Mascot Zoey Builds Morale

Zoey is the canine mascot for builders stationed in Sasebo, Japan. Petty Officer Che Rose goes on site to meet Zoey and the sailors who take care of her. Soundbites include Petty Officer Julia Sijka, Safety Officer, NMCB 74, Det. Sasebo and Ensign Ni...