Dec. 18, 2012

'Bees Build Base in Guatemala

Seabees assigned to NMCB 27 prepare to pour a concrete slab at a military base, Coban, Guatemala, Nov. 13, as part of U.S. Southern Command's Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative. Photo by Lt. j.g. Keith Ferreira...

Dec. 18, 2012

Moving Earth and Sky in Guam

NMCB 74 Seabees use heavy equipment to construct three 250-foot-long berms at the firing range to be used by special forces deployed to the island. Photo by EOCN Laura Trommer...

Dec. 18, 2012

Seabees Show Boy Scouts ?Can Do? Construction

BU3 Brian Whelan, NMCB) 74, Detail Sasebo, shares Seabee construction concepts with members of The Far East Council of Boy Scouts, Troop 76, as part of a jobsite tour enabling the young men to earn their Engineering Merit badges. Photo by EO3 Craig ...

Dec. 18, 2012

Seabees Build Patio, Tear down Walls

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW/AW) Chris Fahey, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Public Affairs CAMARILLO, Calif. (NNS) -- Fifteen volunteers from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 took their "can do" spirit to the local C...

Dec. 18, 2012

Seabee Regiments Leave Lasting Legacy in Afghanistan

By Daryl C. Smith, Public Affairs Officer, 1st Naval Construction Division ?As members of the 22nd Naval Construction Regiment (NCR), Task Force Stethem, took part in a transfer of authority ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, July 31, they marked not ju...

Dec. 18, 2012

NMCB 1 Drills for Liquid Gold in Ethiopia

By Petty Officer 1st Class Aron Taylor Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 perform drilling operations in Challalumsa, Ethiopia. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Aron Taylor, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Challalum...

Dec. 18, 2012

Task Force Anchor Seabees Receive Purple Hearts

Brig. Gen. David L. Weeks, commanding general, 411th Engineer Brigade, Joint Task Force Empire, awards EOCN Matthew Loper, NMCB 133, with the Purple Heart, Camp Krutke, Afghanistan. Loper received the Purple Heart for wounds sustained during a missio...

Dec. 18, 2012

Historic Battalion Flag Flown to Honor Pearl Harbor Remembrance

By MC1 Steven Myers, NMCB 133 UTCN Angelean Floyd (left) and UT3 Daniel Martin, NMCB 133, Task Force Anchor, prepare to raise a historic battalion flag above the camp in remembrance of Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7. Photo by MC1 Steven Myers Five S...

Dec. 7, 2012

NMCB 5 first to use Seabee Tech Trainer at Hueneme

] By MC2 (SCW) Ace Rheaume / NMCB 5 ?Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 has become the first battalion in the Naval Construction Force to use the Seabee Tech Trainer (STT) at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme. Seabe...

Dec. 4, 2012

Navy Divers Frocking Recovers Piece of Tradition

By Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Steven Hoskins, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command ? Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 put on their KM-37 diving helmets for a survey dive on a pier that was damaged by Hurric...