Feb. 8, 2018

Snow Sculpture Finished During 69th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan (Jan. 30, 2018) Builder Constructionman Kyle Antrobus, a native of Georgetown, Ky., assigned to Public Works Department Far East, details the 2018 Navy Snow Team Sculpture for the 69th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival. This is the 35th yea...

Feb. 4, 2018

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

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13758" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, desalinization plant circa 1964. In reprisal for the arrest of Cuba...

Feb. 2, 2018

Gallery: Seabees Around the World

180116-N-FT956-2387 DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Jan. 16, 2018) Commanding Officer of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Cmdr. James Cho (left) receives a brief from Builder 3rd Class Veronica Prado on how the Central Tool Room (C...

Feb. 1, 2018

NAVFAC Announces 2017 NCF Award Winners

Story by Scott Ghiringhelli, NAVFAC Headquarters Public Affairs WASHINGTON - Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) announced the winners of the 2017 Moreell Medal, Marvin Shields Award, Steelworker Second Class Robert D. Stethem Award, and...

Jan. 29, 2018

Seabee Mobile 4.0 Now Available

HOMEPORT NEWS showcases timely and relevant stories at home, such as humanitarian efforts, training exercises and change of commands....

Jan. 29, 2018

The First and Finest Train Security Operations

Story by MC3 Alexa Trafton, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 GULFPORT, Miss. - Seabees concluded a week-long detachment site security exercise on board Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Mississippi on January 26, 2017. [cap...

Jan. 29, 2018

The First and Finest Train Security Operations

GULFPORT, Mississippi (January 24, 2018) Steelworker Constructionman Kaeleigh Ehlert, from Oxford, Wisconsin, mans a M240B machine gun during the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 detachment security exercise on board Naval Construction Ba...

Jan. 28, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (Week of January 28 ? February 3)

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. 26, 2018

Gallery: Seabees Around the World

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Dec. 20, 2017) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, take elevations for the garage door jamb to be installed for Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) projects. NMCB 4 is forward deployed to the pacific, ready to...

Jan. 25, 2018

NAVSTA Rota Begins Major Shoreline Preservation Project

Story by MC3 Mari Jang, NAVSTA Rota Public Affairs NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Naval Station Rota held a ceremonial groundbreaking event Jan. 19, 2018, marking the beginning of construction efforts to stabilize erosion on the installation's shorel...