Oct. 2, 2018

UCT-2 Treats Critically Injured Plane Crash Survivors

180928-N-WR252-006 CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 28, 2018) Builder 2nd Class Brock Farmer donates blood for transfusion to a critically injured passenger from Air Niugini flight PX56 that crash landed in a lagoon near Chuuk, Federated ...

Sept. 30, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (September 30 - October 6)

4 October 2007 - Utilitiesman 2nd Class Craig Gardner and Builder 2nd Class William Lathan, Seabees attached to Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), built a gazebo at the Zanderij Clinic Zanderij, Suriname. Comfort is on a f...

Sept. 28, 2018

UCT-2 Renders Assistance Following Plane Crash in Chuuk

180928-N-WR252-001 CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 28, 2018) U.S. Navy Sailors from Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 assist local authorities in shuttling the passengers and crew of Air Niugini flight PX56 to shore following the pla...

Sept. 23, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (September 23 - 29)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_14949" align="alignnone" width="640"] Members of a Seabee Team in 1963 show off their rates. These teams could be tailored to fit a...

Sept. 21, 2018

BeeCam: Seabees Around the World 9.21.18

180829-N-TP832-1002 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 29, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 rake freshly placed-asphalt during a paving project on board Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme. Seabees are the expedition...

Sept. 19, 2018

Seabee Rescues Father, Son from Rip Current

Story by MCSN Jacob Vermeulen,?Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - In July 2017, Construction Electrician 2nd Class Tyler Chandler, a Seabee assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion Two, went for what would become an...

Sept. 18, 2018

UCT-2 Conducts Underwater Demolition to Improve Port Access

180909-N-WR252-097 Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 9, 2018) Steelworker 2nd Class Tyler Ault, team leader, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, enters the water to conduct a quality control dive to inspect explosive charges placed ...

Sept. 16, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (September 16 - 22)

A home is heavily damaged near the coast of South Carolina following Hurricane Hugo coming ashore near Charleston, South Carolina, September 22, 1989. Hurricane Hugo resulted in the deaths of 27 South Carolinians and is considered one of the costlie...

Sept. 13, 2018

The House that Schmader Built

Attached is a photo of the NMCB 3 wardroom from FEX during 2002 in between the 2001 and 2003 deployments. I had a look at the 2001 cruise book - no great photos of the CO there...some in the 2003 cruisebook are promising....

Sept. 12, 2018

BeeCam: Seabees Clear Debris After Typhoon Mangkhut

TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands - U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Group 18 and Navy Seabees with 30th Naval Construction Regiment clear debris from Typhoon Mangkhut on Tinian Sept. 11, 2018. Typhoon Mangkhut struck the Comm...