March 16, 2018

Gallery: Seabees Around the World

180208-N-N0818-5078 PANAY, Philippines (Feb. 8, 2018) Builder 2nd Class Monica Galindez, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, and Armed Forces of the Philippines, (AFP) soldier work together to measure the lumber that will be use...

March 11, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (March 11 ? March 17)

A renaming ceremony was held to unveil Seabee Betty Drive in honor of the late Vicenta Chargualaf Peredo. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)...

March 9, 2018

NMCB 11 Prepares for Juniper Cobra 18 in Israel

Juniper Cobra is U.S. European Command's largest bilateral exercise of 2018. It's part of a routine training cycle, designed to improve coordination between the U.S. and Israeli Defense Force (IDF), through a variety of computer-assisted simulations ...

March 8, 2018

NMCB 11 Ground-Breaking for School in Federated States of Micronesia

CHUUK, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) (Feb. 27, 2018) Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, Construction Civic Action Detail FSM, set up the ground-breaking ceremony for their project to construct a two room additi...

March 5, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (March 4 ? March 10)

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 ...

March 2, 2018

Profile of the First CEC Officer in Naval History: William P.S. Sanger

By Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, U.S. Navy Seabee Museum William P.S. Sanger served the U.S. Navy for over half a century as both a civilian and an officer. As the first commissioned Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) officer, and the first civil e...

March 1, 2018

NMCB 1 Completes Field Training Exercise

Story by MC3 Alexa Trafton, NMCB 1 Public Affairs Seabees completed a two-week Field Training Exercise (FTX) on board Camp Shelby, Mississippi on February 22, 2018. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 operated across Camp Shelby?s...

March 1, 2018

NMCB 1 Completes Field Training Exercise

CAMP SHELBY, Mississippi (February 21, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Batttalion (NMCB) 1 and Marines assigned to Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion assemble the Mabey Johnson bridge during a Field Training Exercise o...

March 1, 2018

NMCB 11 Takes Charge in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Story by CE2 Zapien and Builder CN Jessika Corwin, NMCB 11 Public Affairs KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Fifteen Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) Marshall Islands (MHL) deployed ...

March 1, 2018

NMCB 11 Takes Charge in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Story by CE2 Zapien and Builder CN Jessika Corwin, NMCB 11 Public Affairs KWAJALEIN, Marshall Islands - Fifteen Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 Construction Civic Action Detail (CCAD) Marshall Islands (MHL) deployed ...