Nov. 19, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 19 ? November 25)

Consolidated by Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr., Historian, Naval History and Heritage Command [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="640"] Seabees working at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, while an aircraft lands. Beginning in 1955, Seabees began dep...

Nov. 17, 2017

Gallery: Veterans Day

171102-N-RF885-017 DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti (Nov. 2, 2017) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Markus Wells , assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 1, provides navigation training to Djiboutian navy Lt. Saad Boulaleh Saad to improve joint and seawa...

Nov. 16, 2017

NMCB 4 Participate in Restoration Project on Diego Garcia

By BU2 Christopher Moore, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Public Affairs Office DIEGO GARCIA ? Seabees assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 participated in a community relations restoration project of colonial mo...

Nov. 15, 2017

Seabees Complete Hari?i Hamatuk 2017

Story by CE3 Ji Han, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Public Affairs Office METINARO, Timor-Leste ? Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, marked the end of Exercise Hari?i Hamutuk 2017 with a closing ceremony a...

Nov. 14, 2017

Honoring Marvin Shields? Legacy

171111-N-EH218-0024 GARDINER, Wash. (Nov. 11, 2017) Mrs. Joan Shields-Bennett, widow of Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin Glenn Shields, observes the parading of the colors during a memorial honoring Shields at Gardiner Cemetery. The ceremony pa...

Nov. 14, 2017

Seabees Improve Warfighting Command and Control

GULFPORT, Mississippi (November 8, 2017) From the left, Yeoman 1st Class Brandy Pflepsen, from Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and Yeoman 1st Class Timothy Messler, from Clermont, Florida, brief the status of the administration board during the Naval Mobile...

Nov. 12, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 12 ? November 18)

13 November 2004 - Steelworker 1st Class Joseph Perrott, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Three (NMCB 23), cut steel plating used to enhance tactical vehicle armor. Perrott and fellow Seabees worked under threat of hostile fire to ...

Nov. 7, 2017

NMCB 4 Deployment Operations Commence in Okinawa

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 spray water on the blade of an asphalt saw as they begin preparations for the construction of three K-span buildings on Camp Shield, Okinawa, Oct. 26, 2017. NMCB 4 recently de...

Nov. 7, 2017

NMCB 4 Seabees Complete First Joint Project of 2017 Deployment

Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy engineers rake select fill to grade and level the project site foundation for proper elevation. The completed project includes a gazebo and deck area fo...

Nov. 5, 2017

This Week in Seabee History (Week of November 5 ? November 11)

Operation Deep Freeze II Seabees prepare an amphibious tracker supply convoy for a trip from Little America to South Pole Station, 6 November 1956....