Jan. 25, 2018

NAVSTA Rota Begins Major Shoreline Preservation Project

180119-N-VV353-079 ROTA, Spain (Jan. 19, 2018) Commanding officers from Naval Station Rota, Spanish Armada, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, Task Force 68 and Public Works walk to the Cliff Erosion Repair project site to hold a ceremo...

Jan. 23, 2018

NMCB1 Train Mission Planning

Story by MC3 Alexa Trafton, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 GULFPORT, Miss. - Seabees completed a 96 hour Command Post Exercise (CPX) on board Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Mississippi on Jan. 19. [caption id="attachment_1...

Jan. 23, 2018

NMCB 1 Train Mission Planning

GULFPORT, Mississippi (January 18, 2018) From the left, Engineering Aide 1st Class Joseph St. Romain, from Denham Springs, Louisiana, briefs the status of the tactical operations board to Senior Chief Utilitesman Brain Zastrow, from Florissant, Misso...

Jan. 21, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (Week of January 21 ? January 27)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="attachment_13722" align="alignnone" width="441"] Project Rest Stop personnel survey the jungle on Diego Garcia for a possible naval base in 1967. ...

Jan. 19, 2018

UCT 2 Conducts Underwater Pile Removal at Sasebo, Japan

Video by MC1 Arthurgwain L. Marquez,?Commander, Task Force 75 https://youtu.be/5nCgM0AVebg Seabees, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, remove piles using underwater demolition techniques from a damaged floating pier at Commander,...

Jan. 19, 2018

NMCB 133 in Ali Oune

U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa raise arrive at a construction site in the Arta region, Djibouti, where they are building a medical center, Aug. 17, 2017. The project was started by Naval Mobile Construction Bat...

Jan. 14, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (Week of January 14 ? January 20)

US Navy Seabees take part in exercise ATLAS RAIL, a Seabee project to repair a flood-damaged railway....

Jan. 13, 2018

Gallery: Underwater Construction Team 2

U.S. Navy Chief Steelworker Jesse Hamblin, assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2, repairs a ladder for an underwater pile removal operation at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), Jan. 9, 2018. UCT-2 provides construction, inspection...

Jan. 10, 2018

Health, Safety and Fitness Community Service Award Winners for 2017: NMCB 3

NMCB 3 hosted a Suicide Prevention 5K Run Dec. 14. Seabees participated in the event to raise awareness about the issue of suicide in the Navy, in order to help Sailors affected by depression, operational stress and other suicide risk factors....

Jan. 8, 2018

This Week in Seabee History (Week of January 7 ? January 13)

Petty Officer Second Class Michael Cowart smooths concrete during construction of a Marine camp in northern Saudi Arabia. Cowart is a member of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five operating during Operation Desert Storm in February 1991. Pho...