Oct. 16, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: October 16 - 22

Consolidated By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandOctober 161967: A critical need developed in the fall of 1967 for an air and helicopter station in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam (RVN). The station was needed to counteract a threatened monsoon offensive by North Vietnamese soldiers. The Naval Construction Force

Oct. 11, 2023

NMCB 133 Takes Command of Camp Mitchell, Rota, Spain

ROTA, Spain- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) took command of Camp Mitchell in Rota, Spain from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB 1) September 1, 2023.The turnover of Camp Mitchell marks the official end to NMCB 1’s deployment and the start of NMCB 133’s. The two battalions spent 10 days conducting inventories, project

Oct. 11, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: October 9 - 15

Consolidated By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandOctober 91942: 31st Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) commissioned at Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island.1969: Main body of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 58 arrived at NCTC Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island

Oct. 11, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: October 2 - 8

Consolidated By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandOctober 21799: The United States first navy yard was established at Washington, D.C.1952: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 10 activated on Guam.1967: Seabee Team 0601 arrived in Thu Duc, Republic of Vietnam (RVN).1967: NMCB 71 advance party of two officers and 19

Sept. 25, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: September 25 - October 1

Consolidated By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandSeptember 251951: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 8 was activated.1965: Cmdr. W.F. Russell, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), commanding officer of NMCB 5, assumed command of Camp Hoover, Republic of Vietnam (RVN).1967: Advance party of NMCB 133 departed Da Nang, RVN

Sept. 25, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: September 18 - 24

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandSeptember 181942: Authority for the organization of a number of special-duty battalions was granted. This was the first departure from the standard battalion, and the new units were known as Special Naval Construction Battalions (NCB). These special battalions were composed

Sept. 15, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: September 11 - 17

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandSeptember 111943: The 11th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) was commissioned.1945: The 62nd Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) was inactivated at Iwo Jima.1965: The main body of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 8 moved from Port Hueneme, California, to Da Nang,

Sept. 15, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: September 4-10

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage CommandSeptember 41942: 23rd Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) commissioned at Camp Allen, Norfolk, Virginia. 24th NCB commissioned at Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Virginia.1943: Camp Lee-Stephenson established at Eastport (Quoddy Village), Maine.2009: Capt. Allen M. Stratman, CEC,

Aug. 28, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: August 28 - September 3

 By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command August 281942: The 21st Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) was commissioned at Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Virginia.1943: The 117th NCB was commissioned at Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) Camp Peary, Magruder, Virginia.1967: At 6:08 a.m., the Dong Ha Combat Base in the Republic

Aug. 28, 2023

This Week in Seabee History: August 22 - 27

By U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command Operation "Desert Shield/Desert Storm" - On 2 August 1990 the armed forces of Iraq began the invasion and subsequent conquest of the Emirate of Kuwait. Under United Nations' auspices, the United States and other member nations responded by deploying military forces to Saudi Arabia. The