April 7, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: April 7 - 13

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13872" align="alignnone" width="640"] USS Marvin Shields (DE-1066) was commissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, W...

April 5, 2019

Malaysian Armed Forces and Seabees Work Together to Restore Water Tanks to School

190405-N-CO914-1022 KUCHING, Malaysia (April 5, 2019) ? Malaysian Armed Forces and U.S. Navy Seabees place rebar in a concrete footing as part of a Pacific Partnership 2019 water tank restoration project at Tanah Puteh Elementary School. Pacific P...

March 31, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 31 - April 6

2003: U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalions One and Two smoothed the beaches for future operations at Camp Patriot, while constructing an Elevated Causeway System Modular (ELCAS (M)). The ELCAS is an expeditionary pier faci...

March 24, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 24 - 30

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13864" align="alignnone" width="618"] Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents the Silver Star to Brook...

March 17, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 17 - 23

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_11591" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees with CBMU 301 fixing a bulldozer's track near Khe Sanh in 1968. (Photo courtesy of th...

March 10, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 10 - 16

On this Day in Seabee History: 12 March 1942 - The Navy shipped out scores of trucks with vital materials and equipment to be used for the the construction of Advance Base Depot Port Hueneme. This photograph, taken in November 1943 shows the expansi...

March 5, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: March 3 - March 9

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13819" align="alignnone" width="632"] As part of an open house held to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Civil Engineer Corps ...

Feb. 26, 2019

Cobra Gold 19: Four Nations Come Together to Build

U.S., Republic of Korea, Royal Thai Navy and People?s Liberation Army reveal the plaque of the newly-constructed building during the the dedication ceremony of the building as part of Cobra Gold 19 at Rayong, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 18, 2019. Exe...

Feb. 26, 2019

Birthday Message from the Chief of Civil Engineers

  https://youtu.be/oUayQjkyKH8 From?Rear Adm. John Korka, Chief of Civil Engineers Every year at this time we pause to remember the history of our Navy's Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and fighting Seabees; reflect upon our successes; and r...

Feb. 26, 2019

MCPON Visits Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering

190212-N-GF511-0003 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell L. Smith (right) responds to a question from Ensign Dustin Burkett, a student assigned to Civil Engineer Corp Officers School Basic Class ...