Jan. 31, 2019

Seabees Lead Navy Snow Team in Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan (Jan. 29, 2019) Chief Builder Franklin Ring, a native of Greensboro, N.C., explains the design of the Navy sculpture for the 70th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival to members of the snow team. Approximately two million visitors from around ...

Jan. 27, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: January 27-February 2

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13737" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees of Naval Construction Battalion 121 joined the Fourth Marine Division and landed on R...

Jan. 24, 2019

Giving Back to Community: NMCB-3 Wins Navy-Wide Community Service Awards

190124-N-TP832-1079 OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 24, 2018) Cmdr. Joseph Harder, commanding officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, announces the battalion?s selection for three 2018 Navy-wide unit community service awards during command quar...

Jan. 22, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: January 20-26

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command Late January 1990: Devastating floods struck central Tunisia, displacing families and destroying railroad lines and bridges. As part of Exercise "Atlas Rail...

Jan. 17, 2019

NMCB 133 Opens the Door for Wiggins Police Department

190115-N-ZI635-002 WIGGINS, Miss. (Jan. 15, 2019) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 turned over newly renovated police station to city of Wiggins during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communicat...

Jan. 16, 2019

NAVFAC EXWC MUSE Division Supports Critical Ballistic Missile Defense Power Plant

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Jan. 14, 2018) ?UT1 (SCW/IW) Cole Einhaus and CM1 (SCW/IW) Scott Mignogna (pictured on left) from (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) Mobile Utilities Support Equipment (MUSE) lead the installation of a ...

Jan. 16, 2019

NMCB-3 Seabees Deploy to Support Ongoing Tinian Recovery Efforts

Story by MC2 Michael Lopez, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Public Affairs OKINAWA, Japan - Sixty Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 deployed to Tinian to assume charge of ongoing Tinian Defense Support of C...

Jan. 16, 2019

Art and Soul: Seabee Expresses Creativity Through Artwork

180801-N-GA223-1002 GULFPORT, Miss. (Aug. 1, 2018) - U.S. Navy Equipment Operator 3rd class Ty Carter, assigned to Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) in Gulfport, Miss., poses by a mural he finished painting at a local gym in July 2018. Cart...

Jan. 16, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: January 13-19

Consolidated by U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13710" align="alignnone" width="618"] Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe and John Wayne on the set of "The Fighting Seabees" in 1943. The film's world p...

Jan. 16, 2019

This Week in Seabee History: January 6-12

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_11312" align="alignnone" width="618"] Seabee sign on Bougainville Island, part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, Jan. 2, 1944. (P...